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Table 3-4.Filters and Exposure Increase for Making Color Pictures by Fluorescent Light

Type of

fluorescent lamp

Daylight

Type of color film

Tungsten

Cool White

30M + 2/3 f/stop

Deluxe Cool White

30C + 20M + 1 f/stop

Standard Warm White

40C + 40M + 1 1/3 f/stops

Deluxe Warm White

60C + 30M + 1 2/3 f/stops

50M + 60Y + 1 1/3 f/stops

10M + 30Y + 2/3 f/stop

30M + 20Y + l f/stop

10Y + 1/3 f/stop

White

Daylight

20C + 30M + 1 f/stop

40M + 30Y + 1 f/stop

40M + 40Y + 1 f/stop

No. 85B + 30M + 10Y + 1 f/stop

Whenever possible, you should conduct

photographic tests in advance, using the type of light you
expect to encounter. Consult the Photo-Lab Index for
the most accurate filtration to use for your film, filter,
and lighting situations. Table 3-4 provides an example
of a good starting point for test exposures. When in
doubt, you should use a filter that provides for average
correction. For daylight film, you should use a 30M
filter with a 2/3 f/stop exposure increase. For tungsten
film, you should use a 50R filter and a 1 f/stop exposure
increase.

CC filters may be used alone or in various

combinations. However, when you use them in
combination, the maximum number of filters in front of
a lens should not exceed three. More than three filters
adversely affect image quality. When combining CC
filters, you should avoid creating a neutral density
effect. Neutral density is caused when all three of the
primary colors are present in the combined filters; for
example, a cyan (blue and green) filter and a red filter.

CC filters are available in blue, green, red, yellow,

magenta, and cyan. Each color is available in a range of

densities. The color and density of a CC filter are
identified in the filter designation, such as CC50Y. The
CC indicates color compensating, the 50 indicates a
peak density of 0.50 to blue light, and the Y is the first
letter of the filter color-yellow. The peak density of a
CC filter refers to the maximum absorption of the color
of light that is complementary to the color of the filter.
CC filters are available only in gelatin squares.

The color star (fig. 3-4) indicates various color

relationships of color compensating filters as follows:

1. Complementary colors are opposite each other:

cyan is complementary to red, yellow is complementary
to blue, and magenta is complementary to green.

2. Any one color is a combination of the two colors

adjacent to it:

R = M + Y

Y = R + G

G = Y + C

C = G + B

B = C + M

M = B + R

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Figure 3-4.Color star.

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