Everything you need to know about Tint
Tint adjusts the color balance along the green-magenta axis, complementing Temperature's warm-cool adjustment. Together, these two controls provide complete white balance correction, allowing you to neutralize unwanted color casts from any light source.
Parameters
- Tint
Controls the green/magenta balance (-1 to +1). Positive values add green, useful for correcting magenta casts from some artificial lighting. Negative values add magenta, correcting the green cast common in fluorescent lighting or some LED sources. At 0, no change is applied.
How It Works
The filter primarily adjusts the green channel while making smaller opposite adjustments to red and blue. Adding green reduces the appearance of magenta; reducing green (adding magenta) counteracts green color casts. This perpendicular adjustment to Temperature provides complete two-axis white balance control.
Tint Values
- -1.0 – Maximum magenta (strong pink cast)
- -0.3 to -0.5 – Magenta shift (corrects green fluorescent cast)
- 0 – No change (neutral)
- +0.3 to +0.5 – Green shift (corrects magenta cast)
- +1.0 – Maximum green (strong green cast)
Common Corrections
- Fluorescent lighting – Often needs negative tint (add magenta) to remove green cast
- Some LED lights – May need slight magenta correction
- Shade/overcast – Sometimes has slight magenta cast, needs positive tint
Tips
- Use small adjustments (±0.1 to ±0.3) for natural white balance correction
- Combine with Temperature for complete white balance control
- Check skin tones – they're very sensitive to green/magenta shifts
- Green casts are common indoors; magenta casts are less frequent