Nikon Coolpix P900 Reference Manual page 148

C
Color Temperature
Color temperature is an objective measure of colors of light sources which are
expressed in the unit of absolute temperature (K: Kelvin). Light sources with lower
color temperatures appear more reddish, while light sources with higher color
temperatures appear more bluish.
Red
3000
1 2
1 Sodium-vapor lamps: 2700K
Incandescent/
2
Warm-white fluorescent: 3000K
3 White fluorescent: 3700K
4 Cool-white fluorescent: 4200K
5 Day white fluorescent: 5000K
6 Direct sunlight: 5200K
E64
4000 5000
3 4 567
6000 8000
8 9 0 a
7 Flash: 5400K
8 Cloudy: 6000K
9 Daylight fluorescent: 6500K
0 High temp. mercury-vapor: 7200K
a Shade: 8000K
Blue
10000 [K]