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Michael, having spent years in TV and photography, gray is the preferred color for most applications in that it provides a very restful background with no distractions-I prefer a lighter gray but you may have to experiment with your lighting system. Gray cards are traditionally used for setting exposures and color balance. Regards, Dr. Dozier sends
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Michael, i think the white looks the best compared to the other colors. Here's one that Ken H. posted and it makes the subject jump out. It's a nice contrast. 
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Michael, having spent years in TV and photography, gray is the preferred color for most applications in that it provides a very restful background with no distractions-I prefer a lighter gray but you may have to experiment with your lighting system. Gray cards are traditionally used for setting exposures and color balance. Regards, Dr. Dozier sends John, Thanks for the info, the majority of my published photographs for the last ten years have been B&W. Then my backdrop was the same gray as a gray card and worked fine. I now need to learn color for pictures I’m taking for book projects, mine and others. I’m getting board looking at the white background although that seems the best. I’m not allowed to make any color decisions at home ;-) so maybe I should follow the same rule for pictures.
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At the end of the day if the focus is on the item, white is the only clear choice. Every color variation of the object is then picked up without being influenced by the background color.
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GRAY! 
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I liked 10 the muted grey green. I guess that's because the background relative brightness is close to the subject brightness. I'm no pro but a tad more frontal illumination might be a little better. Very nice
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While white is ok I'm going to be contrary here and pick grey. It IMO create the least startling contrast with the gun and,to me, the firearms details stand out better with this background.
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I liked 10 the muted grey green. I guess that's because the background relative brightness is close to the subject brightness. I'm no pro but a tad more frontal illumination might be a little better. Very nice Harry, When you say front illumination, do you mean more light on the gun, something like this? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/mjpetrov/color13.jpg
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White is safe. But I prefer light gray or an unsaturated blue or green. I think #11 is best, easier on the eyes even than your white. Try some different hues, but with the saturation level of #11.
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Much better, Michael!
May I ask what software allows you to change the background color in that fashion?
Last edited by mike campbell; 03/12/07 06:30 PM.
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