Sony CCD-F36 - Manual (Page 120)

Hints hr Sstter Shooting
Color tomperoture — how H eilects wNte
balance adMtnMnt
If Ihe ismparature of an otyaci coniinves to
increass. H will ovontually begin givmg off li^L
At inis time, ihero is a fixed reiaiionsiup
between the object's temoerature and its "tight
color." The temperature of the object radiating
the tiglii is eapre&sed in atsoluts lemperaueti
(K). This is also known as the cdor
lempeoture, which in turn stands for "tight
color."As cotor hmoerature increases, the
light c^or char^ges from red to yellow to white
to blue
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