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How Do You Get White to Look White and not Gray?
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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 639895" data-attributes="member: 12496"><p>I have not seen your picture example, but the gray card or white card is a white balance correction. The 18% gray card is pretty dark, and it is not specified to be neutral color. It is close, and some will work pretty well, but an actual White Balance card can be more assured. The $5 Porta Brace White Balance card at B&H is a good choice. Clicking that WB card tells the computer "I know this spot is neutral color, so make it be neutral". And it does, and it removes color casts (neutral is defined as equal RGB components, no color cast), but it does not adjust exposure. Underexposed white will always look gray, which is not a color cast, but instead is underexposure. More exposure corrects that, and makes white white.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 639895, member: 12496"] I have not seen your picture example, but the gray card or white card is a white balance correction. The 18% gray card is pretty dark, and it is not specified to be neutral color. It is close, and some will work pretty well, but an actual White Balance card can be more assured. The $5 Porta Brace White Balance card at B&H is a good choice. Clicking that WB card tells the computer "I know this spot is neutral color, so make it be neutral". And it does, and it removes color casts (neutral is defined as equal RGB components, no color cast), but it does not adjust exposure. Underexposed white will always look gray, which is not a color cast, but instead is underexposure. More exposure corrects that, and makes white white. [/QUOTE]
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