Projection Color-T

[P3D Paul S. Boyer <boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greg Wageman asks: "Here's a related question: should one ideally be
matching the color
temp. of the viewing light to the color. temp of the taking light, OR
is the original scene more naturally reproduced with viewing light of
a particular, fixed color temp., and if so, what temp. is ideal?"

Answers.
First part: No way!  This would further exaggerate the effect of
non-standard color temperature.  You might as well use colored
filters.

Second part: Yes, a fixed color-temperature light is what you want,
probably about 5000 K.  The human eye adjusts for the overall color-
temperature, so this is not as critical as one might imagine.

The worst effect is the overcast blue.  I have never found a really
good
way to correct for this, and find the best solution is simply to
avoid shooting in those conditions.  Even filters don't help much,
because if the warm colors are not there, they just aren't there.
--Paul S. Boyer   <boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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