Color temperature
Color temperature
Television production glossary
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Definition of color temperature
Color temperature: Color temperature measures light in degrees Kelvin. Many video cameras use two or three basic color temperatures to balance the lighting in a scene. 3000º Kelvin (indoors) and 5500º Kelvin (outside) +/- 500º are typical settings. 1000K Candles oil lamps 2000K Very early sunrise low effect tungsten lamps 2500K Household light bulbs 3000K Studio lights, photo floods 4000K Clear flashbulbs 5000K Typical daylight electronic flash 5500K The sun at noon.6000K Bright sunshine with clear sky 7000K Slightly overcast sky 8000K Hazy sky 9000K Open shade on clear day 10,000K Heavily overcast sky 11,000K Sunless blue skies 20,000+K Open shade in mountains on a really clear day
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