PhixitFix white balance and color casts
Indoor bulbs turn photos yellow, shade turns them blue, and some screens add a green tinge. Click something in the photo that should be gray or white, and the whole picture snaps back to natural color.
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How to fix the white balance of a photo
- Choose or drop a photo. The gray-point picker is ready under Color.
- Select it, then click something that should be neutral: a white wall, a gray pavement, a sheet of paper.
- Fine-tune with Temperature (blue to yellow) and Tint (green to magenta), then save from Export.
Good to know
- Pick something in light, not deep shadow, and avoid pure white areas that are already blown out.
- Auto also corrects the color, a little more gently, at the same time as the exposure.
- Sunsets are meant to be warm; correcting them fully makes them look flat.
Questions
What is white balance?
Every light source has a color. Our eyes adjust automatically, cameras sometimes get it wrong, and the result is a cast over the whole picture.
Why does my photo look yellow indoors?
Household bulbs are much warmer than daylight. Lowering Temperature or picking a gray point fixes it.
What if nothing in the photo is gray?
Use the Temperature and Tint sliders by eye, comparing skin tones or whites with how you remember them.
Related tools
- Color correctionCorrect exposure, contrast, white balance and saturation with the same controls photographers use.
- Brighten a photoFix underexposed photos in one click with Auto, then recover shadows, tame highlights and correct white balance.
- Make colors popBoost dull colors with vibrance, which strengthens muted tones and leaves skin natural, or with plain saturation.
- Color gradingTint shadows and highlights separately for a cinematic look: teal and orange, warm and cool, or your own palette.