Patent ID: 8587204

Claim:
An ambience lighting system for a display device, comprising: at least one light source mounted at the periphery or at the rear side of the display device for emitting an ambience light onto a wall behind the display device; an input means for receiving color information indicating the color of the wall; and a processor for adjusting the color of the emitted ambience light to the received color information of the wall such that the light reflected from the wall towards a viewing area of the display device matches substantially the screen colors of the display device; wherein the processor adjusts the color of the emitted ambience light in accordance with instructions selected from the group consisting of: a pre-defined set of rules, including a look-up table, which link the received color information of the wall to the color to be emitted by the at least one light source; and determining a color point opposite the received input color, the determining being made in accordance to a reference whitepoint value, and calculating a matrix with an updated whitepoint value based on the opposite color point for the color to be emitted by the at least one light source, the matrix containing said adjusted color information.