Pool liner - colors?
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I looked at that. None have that deep blue look. One did but it’s the correct color I’m looking for.
I wonder if some of that color is from the lighting - perhaps blue LEDs combined with shade/dusk? That pool might look very different in full sun.
I was thinking the same. Is it the lights with a solid blue ? It sure looks good. I want dark liner. Think the sun will make the pool warmer?
They could be fiberglass pools. Some of those offer the dark blue color with a tile edge.
Hmmmm. You may be right. I never thought of that. Thanks. What’s your thoughts on dark color liner getting the water warmer?
Hmmm, I'm really not sure. This is only our second season with our current pool, and we're in Minnesota. Unless we have a few days in a row in the upper 80s-90s, we need our heater. We have the same liner used in this build (scroll down a bit), Blue Bayou by Doughboy, and these pics are spot on for how our color reads in the sun. It's a bright dark blue, but with the pattern, I don't think it's quite as dark as the fiberglass. Previously we had a couple smaller Intex pools with very light liners. They warmed up more and faster, but they had significantly less water. It may be more about the amount of water you're trying to warm up and the temps/season where you are, than it is about the liner color. Hopefully someone with more experience can chime in.
I don't have pictures handy to post, sorry, but it's the same color as the one in the thread I linked, just round instead of oval.
As a photographer who made a living photographing high end architecture I can tell you that the lighting is making those 2 pools look darker blue. We used to use tungsten film but now play with white balance. The trick was to turn on all the incandescent interior lights and let the sky go Indigo.
In Post #6 notice how cold blue the sky is, and how warm the interior is. The background houses are coloured bluish and the concrete is blue magenta.
In Post #1 a similar thing is happening. The pool lights are daylight or colder [perhaps 6500K] and the
landscape lights are soft white [perhaps 3000K].
Just a guess but the photographers are trying to make pretty pictures, not colour accurate pictures.
Something to think about is how well a darker blue will weather in the cruel world of UV and Infrared.
Think fading.
Another question.
Were your smaller Intex pools above ground? They can warm up faster with exposed sides.
In Post #6 notice how cold blue the sky is, and how warm the interior is. The background houses are coloured bluish and the concrete is blue magenta.
In Post #1 a similar thing is happening. The pool lights are daylight or colder [perhaps 6500K] and the
landscape lights are soft white [perhaps 3000K].
Just a guess but the photographers are trying to make pretty pictures, not colour accurate pictures.
Something to think about is how well a darker blue will weather in the cruel world of UV and Infrared.
Think fading.
Another question.
Were your smaller Intex pools above ground? They can warm up faster with exposed sides.
I am pretty sure I read a post on that very issue. Reds fade fast and dark blue has red in it.
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