Keeping Colors True: The White-Balance Menu - Nikon COOLPIX 880 Manual

Keeping Colors True: The White-Balance Menu

What Is "White Balance"?
The color of the light reflected by an object depends on the color
of the light source. The human brain is able to detect and compen-
sate for such changes in color, with the result that a white object will
look white to humans whether viewed in sunlight, under overcast
skies, or indoors under incandescent or fluorescent lighting. To a
camera, however, the "whites" produced by these different sources
of light vary in color, some being slightly blue and others yellow or
red. A digital camera can adjust colors according to lighting so that
colors that appear white to the human eye also appear white when
viewed in the final photograph. This adjustment is called "white
balance. "
WHITE BALANCE
A
A Auto
1 White hite Bal Preset set
Fine
Incandescent Incandescent
2 Fluorescent Fluorescent
A
Cloudy loudy
A
Speedlight
O F F SELECT SET
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