Color Temperature
Color temperature has nothing to do with heat, but rather with different types of light. This can be a little confusing because some light sources are cool to the touch (such as fluorescent tubes) and some are very hot (such as tungsten bulbs), but in this context that is irrelevant.
No camera can compensate for mixed lighting types in the same shot. If more than one type of lighting is used, part of the image will always have an odd color cast to it.
Different types of light that look the same color to us look different to the camera sensor. When you set the white balance on your camera to automatic, you are telling the camera to take care of this issue.
Cameras are now very good at compensating for different lighting types. ...
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