white balance

English

Etymology

From white +‎ balance.

Noun

white balance (uncountable)

  1. (photography) The color correction applied to files created by a digital camera. It determines the color temperature of the image based on the type of scene lighting (natural or artificial) and can be selected automatically by the camera (automatic white balance or AWB) or manually by the photographer.

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