Mr. Flynn recalls an exercise video with a peach background. It looked beautiful in the first generation. The edits looked okay too. The background was changed to powder blue and the whole show had to be redone. Remember that TV has a narrow contrast ratio.
Corporate names look nice as half tones on a wall.
Simple wallpaper or textured paint is appealing, especially with a slash of light across it. Many directors check their colors on their best monitors. Mr. Flynn checks the color on the crummiest monitor he can find. He wants to see what Joe Couchpotato will see. Designers from the print world tend to specify their colors using the universal color standard, Pantone.