color gels

Theatrical lighting sheets

Color gels are transparent colored sheets placed over lights to change the color of the beam.

Used in theater, photography, and film production, they transform white light into virtually any hue: We used blue gels for the night scenes.

Also called lighting gels or simply gels.

Related

cellophane · transparent · stage · RGB · saturated · cinema · amber · magenta · cyan · sheets · swatches · film set · spotlights · mood · tungsten · LEDs · photography · tinted

Opposites
light modification

color gelswhite light

All wavelengths combined

open face · natural light · clear gel · clear lens · daylight

light quality effect

color gelsdiffusion

Passive molecular spreading

frost · softbox · silk · scrim

light filtering function

color gelsdiffusion

Passive molecular spreading

frost · scrims · barn doors · flags · cutters

Family

color, gel, colors, colored, coloring, colorful, colorless, coloration, discolor

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G