Nikon P530 - Manual (Page 146)

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Color Temperature
Color temperature is an objective measure of colors of light sources which are
expressed in the unit of absolute temperature (K: Kelvin). Light sources with lower
color temperatures appear more reddish, while light sources with higher color
temperatures appear more bluish.
3000 4000 5000 6000 8000 10000 [K]
1 2 3 4 8 9 0 a 567
Red Blue
1 Sodium-vapor lamps: 2700K
2
Incandescent/
Warm-white fluorescent: 3000K
3 White fluorescent: 3700K
4 Cool-white fluorescent: 4200K
5 Day white fluorescent: 5000K
6 Direct sunlight: 5200K
7 Flash: 5400K
8 Cloudy: 6000K
9 Daylight fluorescent: 6500K
0 High temp. mercury-vapor: 7200K
a Shade: 8000K