White balance cast
White balance comparison
Image White Balance Comparison
Adjust white balance, temperature, and tint while comparing the corrected photo with the original.
- Browser-local processing
- PNG · JPG · WebP
- No account needed
Original vs current edit
Compare the original image with the current adjustment state.
Upload an image to compare white balance, color cast, temperature, and tint changes.
Temperature shift
Tint shift
Neutral drift
Advanced metrics
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Luma histogram
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Original Current edit
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How to read this page
White balance corrects visible color cast
White balance comparison focuses on neutral color correction. Temperature shifts warm or cool color balance, while tint shifts green or magenta balance. Use the comparison to check whether whites, grays, skin tones, and product colors look more neutral after the edit.
Scope
This tool compares visible white balance changes. It does not reconstruct exact camera metadata or editor settings.
White balance comparison guide
What White Balance Comparison Shows
Compare warm and cool correction
See how temperature changes affect whites, shadows, faces, and background colors before you fix white balance in a photo.
Read tint and neutral drift
Use tint shift and neutral drift to catch green or magenta casts in gray balance and neutral color correction.
White balance vs saturation
White balance changes channel balance; saturation changes color intensity.
White balance terms and color cast checks
How to Read an Image White Balance Comparison
Image white balance comparison is for judging visible color cast correction. The goal is not a creative grade. It is to compare whether neutral whites, grays, product backgrounds, skin tones, and shadows look more believable after temperature and tint changes.
White balance changes channel relationships before color intensity is judged. A useful review checks warm or cool drift, green or magenta tint, and neutral drift separately so a pleasing color cast does not hide an overcorrection.
Temperature
Temperature describes the warm or cool direction of the correction.
- Role in the image
- In white balance comparison, temperature explains whether blue shadows or yellow highlights moved toward a more neutral read.
- Concept or calculation
- A browser-local correction shifts red and blue channel balance while keeping the preview in display-ready sRGB values.
- Watch for
- Watch for yellow highlights after warming and blue shadows after cooling.
Tint
Tint describes the green or magenta direction of the correction.
- Role in the image
- Tint helps separate fluorescent green casts from magenta drift in whites, skin, and product backgrounds.
- Concept or calculation
- A practical tint adjustment changes the relationship between green and the red-blue average.
- Watch for
- Watch for green skin, magenta whites, or product colors that shift away from the expected material.
Neutral drift
Neutral drift is the change in gray-like pixels after correction.
- Role in the image
- It shows whether whites, grays, and blacks stayed neutral or picked up a new color bias.
- Concept or calculation
- Low-chroma midtone pixels can be sampled before and after to estimate color distance from neutral gray.
- Watch for
- Overcorrection often appears first in neutral walls, paper, clouds, or white packaging.
Color cast
Color cast is a visible unwanted color bias across neutral regions.
- Role in the image
- The comparison should show whether the cast is reduced without making the whole image look unnatural.
- Concept or calculation
- Average red, green, and blue offsets from neutral gray can describe cast direction and strength.
- Watch for
- A strong global correction can improve one neutral area while damaging another light source.
Auto white balance
Auto white balance is an estimate based on likely neutral pixels.
- Role in the image
- It can be a useful starting point when the color cast is obvious.
- Concept or calculation
- The estimate should be treated as a browser-local suggestion, not recovered camera data.
- Watch for
- Scenes with colored lighting, sunsets, or colored walls can fool neutral-pixel estimates.
White balance before saturation
Correct color cast before judging saturation. If a photo is too yellow, blue, green, or magenta, raising color intensity can make the cast look stronger.
White balance vs hue
Use white balance for neutral correction. Use hue adjustment when the goal is a deliberate global color-family shift.
FAQ
About this page
Is white balance the same as saturation?
No. White balance changes color balance between channels, while saturation changes color intensity.
Does this recover the original camera white balance?
No. It compares visible browser-local correction, not exact camera metadata or editor settings.
When should I use this instead of Hue Adjustment?
Use white balance for color cast correction. Use hue adjustment for deliberate global color-family shifts.