Color Temperature
Adjust color temperature to make images warmer or cooler. Fix white balance, add warm orange tones or cool blue tones, and correct lighting color casts from different light sources.
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Adjust color temperature to make images warmer or cooler. Fix white balance, add warm orange tones or cool blue tones, and correct lighting color casts from different light sources.
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Color Temperature Adjuster modifies the warmth or coolness of photographs by shifting tones along the blue-orange color spectrum. Increase temperature to add warm golden-orange tones for sunset aesthetics and cozy atmospheres. Decrease temperature to introduce cool blue tones for winter scenes and clinical looks. This tool corrects white balance issues caused by different lighting conditions - indoor tungsten bulbs create orange casts, while shade and cloudy skies add blue tints.
Upload your photograph to begin adjusting warmth. Drag the temperature slider right (+) to add warm tones - colors shift toward orange and yellow, mimicking golden hour sunlight or incandescent lighting. Drag left (-) to add cool tones - colors shift toward blue, creating moonlight effects or correcting overly warm indoor photos. Use presets for common lighting scenarios: Tungsten for indoor yellow bulbs (-35), Shade for outdoor blue cast (+35), or Golden Hour for sunset warmth (+40).
Color temperature adjustment is the primary component of white balance correction in digital photography. White balance ensures whites appear neutral regardless of light source color. Tungsten/incandescent bulbs emit warm 2700-3000K light requiring cooling correction. Daylight measures 5500K as neutral reference. Shade and cloudy conditions reach 6500-8000K requiring warming correction. Use Tungsten preset to neutralize orange indoor lighting, Cloudy preset to warm up bluish overcast photos, or manual slider for precise Kelvin adjustment.
Use color temperature adjustment for indoor photos shot without flash that appear too orange from tungsten lights - apply cooling correction. Outdoor portraits in open shade that look too blue - apply warming correction. Food photography needing appetizing warm tones - increase temperature for golden lighting. Real estate photos requiring neutral accurate colors - adjust to eliminate color casts. Creative golden hour enhancement - push warmth beyond natural for dramatic sunset aesthetics. Winter landscape intensification - decrease temperature for icy blue atmosphere.
Neutral (0) maintains original image colors for already balanced photos. Daylight (+15) adds slight warmth for outdoor midday shooting corrections. Cloudy (+25) compensates for overcast blue-gray atmospheric diffusion. Shade (+35) strongly warms deep blue shadows under clear skies. Tungsten (-35) cools intense orange household incandescent lighting. Fluorescent (-20) neutralizes green-blue commercial lighting tint. Cool White (-10) corrects LED bulb slight warmth. Golden Hour (+40) maximizes warm sunset/sunrise dramatic lighting. Export adjusted images in original resolution as PNG for lossless quality or compressed JPG/WebP for web sharing.