Avoid color casts in photos - tips

To avoid color casts in photos, there are a few important things to consider. We show you how your photos will look really good.

Avoid color casts: Correct white balance

Digital cameras have a setting in which you can set the so-called "white balance" of the camera. The camera needs this setting to display white as real white in the finished photo.

• The white balance value is given as a number measured in Kelvin. In closed rooms and under artificial light you need a value from about 3000K, on ​​a sunny day outdoors, however, higher values ​​from about 6000K.
• If the current Kelvin value of your camera is too low, white areas appear in a blue color cast. If it is too high, on the other hand, these are shown reddish.
• Many cameras have either an "automatic white balance" or presets for different environments. The former works quite well with all newer cameras, but the default settings are usually too special and only fit perfectly in a few cases to the current lighting conditions.