Color Suggestions for Followspot

[hbarker]

Any gel suggestions for followspot? Our spots have 6 gel slots--currently all we use is a Rosco No Color Blue in the spots, but I feel it sometimes makes actors look a little ghostly.

Thanks for the help!

 

[techieman33]

Which spots do you have? What kind of shows do you do?

 

[seanandkate]

As a starting point, I usually put in the same colours that I have in my front washes. I usually want my spots to punch through my other colours onstage. I've rarely needed saturated colours, but as @techieman33 says, it depends on a lot of variables, not the least of which is the actual show that you are lighting at the time.

 

[Amiers]

R02 05 08 a CTO a deep blue and deep pink/purple

 

[gafftapegreenia]

Time to light the @derekleffew signal.

 

[JohnD]

Time to light the @derekleffew signal.

Does Apollo have a gobo for that?
Oh, for a carbon arc followspot I was very fond of Cinemoid #8. It was a magical color.

EDIT: Of course, if doing a melodrama, you would have a green for the villain.

 

[derekleffew]

Time to light the @derekleffew signal.

Type "followspot gels" or "spot color" into the search box.

Here's a favorite post from a once-popular thread: https://www.controlbooth.com/threads/followspot-color-choices.1932/page-4#post-317396

 

[the-snipe-wrench]

Any gel suggestions for followspot? Our spots have 6 gel slots--currently all we use is a Rosco No Color Blue in the spots, but I feel it sometimes makes actors look a little ghostly.

Thanks for the help!

R02 and R63 were always the go-to in my theatre department, pretty neutral warm and cool tones

 

[Barry]

Any gel suggestions for followspot? Our spots have 6 gel slots--currently all we use is a Rosco No Color Blue in the spots, but I feel it sometimes makes actors look a little ghostly.

Thanks for the help!

I usually shy away from highly saturated colors. I keep r302, r33, r55 and r60 in our spots and reserve 2 open ones for show specific colors if needed.

 

[robmerow]

R02, R333, R54, R55, R60, R64

 

[DELO72]

It really depends on the production. If it is mainly being used for pulling out the performer from the saturated light all around them, then you want a light tint with a high CRI, that has a lot of the full spectrum in it. Colors such as those Rob shows in the post above- R33, R60, R64, R02, R54. All great choices. If you are doing a Musical such as Wicked, then you'll want a dark Green as well for the Wicked Witch when she makes an appearance, or some such. If doing ballet, think about the color pallets on the costumes, and perhaps more Pinks and lavenders. But you definitely want them to be very high transmission, and low saturation, and to have a full spectrum in what they emit so costumes and skin tones render somewhat accurately, otherwise it defeats the purpose of a followspot.