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Message: <blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 153653" data-attributes="member: 12827">5500°K is essentially daylight (reflected light from a blue sky is actually around 6000°K) but that is close enough. The flash white balance on most digital cameras is also around 5500°K so you could try that. If you want to know what white balance to use, then you have a couple of options. First, get an 18% gray card, set your white balance to 5500K and photograph it. Look for a color cast, though it will be subtle and the LCD is not the thing to use to judge color since it is at best an approximation of what the actual image looks like. Second, you can use the white balance calibration, (if your camera has one) again using an 18% gray card. That is the most accurate way of doing things and it is what I do with my homemade light tent.</blockquote>