color correcting
Balancing visual tones
Color correcting is adjusting colors in photography, video, or cosmetics to achieve a more accurate or desirable result.
In film and digital media, it means balancing hues, exposure, and contrast so footage looks natural or matches a specific aesthetic: The editor spent hours color correcting the raw footage.
In makeup, color correcting uses complementary tones to neutralize skin discoloration—green concealer cancels redness, orange counteracts dark circles: She's color correcting before applying foundation.
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- retouchingPost-capture image enhancement
- white balanceAdjusts hue for neutral tones
- saturationState of complete permeation
- hueColor's specific character
camera settings · exposure · contrast · filters · lightroom · photoshop · video editing · green screen · warmth · tones · shadows · highlights · vibrancy · levels · curves · skin tones · dark spots · blemishes
- beauty techniquescontouring, highlighting, blending, bronzing, strobing
- makeup techniquesblending, contouring, highlighting, bronzing, priming
- photographycamera, photo, flash, lens, shooting
- contouringcontour brush, sculpting, shading, chiseling, bone structure