Size of mats

[RAP]

What color mat are you going to use for your picture of a polar bear in a white-out snowstorm?

White?

HMMMMM, interesting question? What color will accentuate a print of a polar bear, in a white out blizzard, at night, in New Jersey? How much border should I use as well?

Any suggestions?

[Ole]

HMMMMM, interesting question? What color will accentuate a print of a polar bear, in a white out blizzard, at night, in New Jersey? How much border should I use as well?

Any suggestions?

Depends of the tone of the print... A colour photo, mostly lbue, I would put in a warm-white mat. If the bear is "unwasked" and offwhite, a very "pure white" would do nicely.

For B&W, the same applies - although I'd lean more towards white or black depending on the overall tone.

[Flotsam]

I'd just avoid wandering around polar bear country during a white out and forget the mat.
Those Jersey Polar Bears are particularly ornery, I hear.

[RAP]

So are the photographers

[FrankB]

I'm in a similar situation having just bought a mattcutter, and was about to ask this exact same question!

Many thanks for beating me to it and even more thanks for all the great replies!