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white balance

white balance noun: 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.

Noun

white balance (uncountable)

  1. 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.

Origin of white balance

From white + balance.

Questions about white balance

What does white balance mean?
White balance means 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.
What part of speech is white balance?
White balance is a noun.

Words near white balance in the dictionary

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