Adjust photo temperature when an image is too blue, too yellow, or affected by a green or magenta cast. Temperature handles the warm/cool axis. Tint handles the green/magenta axis.
Temperature and tint
Temperature is neutral at 100%. Lower values cool the image by moving it toward blue. Higher values warm the image by moving it toward yellow.
Use Temperature when:
- shade or overcast light makes a photo too blue
- indoor light makes a photo too yellow
- a scene needs warmer or cooler color before other edits
Tint is also neutral at 100%. Lower values move toward green. Higher values move toward magenta.
Use Tint mostly for correction. A small push above 100% can reduce a green cast from fluorescent or mixed indoor lighting. Large tint moves can break skin tones and neutral grays.
Strength and tonal range
Strength scales the correction. If the temperature direction is right but too visible, lower Strength instead of changing the Temperature value.
Tonal range decides where the correction is strongest:
- Shadows targets darker pixels
- Even applies the correction across the image
- Highlights targets brighter pixels
Use Highlights when warm or cool light mostly affects skin, glare, or bright surfaces. Use Shadows when the color cast sits in darker areas.
Preserve brightness
Preserve brightness (luma) keeps luminance closer to the source while colors shift. Leave it on for most correction work. Turn it off only when the color shift is meant to behave more like an effect.
Starting points
To warm a cool image, try Temperature 110 to 135, Tint near 100, Strength 70% to 120%, and Preserve brightness on.
To cool a yellow image, try Temperature 75 to 95, Tint near 100, Strength 70% to 120%, and Preserve brightness on.
To reduce a green cast, keep Temperature close to neutral and try Tint 102 to 112. Move in small steps, then adjust Strength.
How the correction works
The editor shifts RGB channels along blue/yellow and green/magenta axes, scales the correction by Strength, weights it by tonal range, and optionally rescales luminance to preserve brightness. Preview uses a capped size for responsiveness; download renders the original dimensions.