Lighting on the Fly

Color Temperature

I’m going to tell you everything you need to know about color temperature in 5 bullet points:

• Incandescent bulbs are 2700K. That’s warm.
• Office fluorescents are around 4200K. That’s a bit cooler.
• Daylight is 5600K. That’s cool.
• Never shoot with auto white balance on your camera.
• Match the color temperature of the scene you’re shooting in as closely as possible.