Colour cast

Kleurcast · Light

An unwanted colour tint over the whole image, caused by incorrect white balance.

An orange/yellow colour cast appears when shooting under incandescent light with daylight white balance. A blue cast occurs in shade with white balance set to "daylight". In RAW, a colour cast is fully correctable afterwards by adjusting the Kelvin value. In JPEG you're limited to what was set at the time of capture.

Tools that help with this:

Golden Hour & Blue Hour Indicative Light Meter

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