These pictures simulate the effects of common lighting types that can be corrected with the white balance pre-sets in most digital cameras.

 

The pictures below simulate the effects of common lighting types that can be corrected with the white balance pre-sets in most digital cameras.

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The auto white balance should be able to produce a natural colour balance under a wide range of lighting conditions.

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The Daylight setting adds a touch of yellow to counteract the blue of the sky.

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The Cloudy setting adds yellow and red.

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The Shade setting is even warmer.

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The Flash setting adds slightly more yellow than the Daylight setting to counteract the blue bias in electronic flash light.

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The Incandescent light setting is strongly blue to counteract the red/orange cast of household tungsten lighting.

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The cool white fluorescent light setting has a slight orange bias.

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The daylight fluorescent setting has a very slight orange cast.

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The warm white fluorescent setting is very slightly purplish.
This is an excerpt from Mastering Digital Photography Pocket Guide 2nd Edition.
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