Color Temperature and White Balance
In the simplest possible words, white balance is the setting that allows you to choose the most accurate colours for a scene.
When we talk about colour temperature we are referring to the warmth or coolness of light.
Warmer light being more yellow, cooler being more blue. There is no ‘standard’ ‘White’ LED.
Candles are very warm of course, basically yellow/orange, whereas daylight at noon is very cool. The colour or warmth of white light is ranked on a scale, The Kelvin scale, the warmer the colour the lower the colour temperature. Candles being around 2000 degrees Kelvin (k) while daylight typically 5500 – 6500k.
Luciferin gives you the possibility to precisely correct the Color Temperature by adjusting the White Balance in the settings.
If you put the slider in the center, colore temperature adjustment is disabled.
The effect of gamma correction on an image: The original image was taken to varying powers, showing that powers larger than 1 make the shadows darker, while powers smaller than 1 make dark regions lighter.
You can find some basics on Gamma Correction here.
Remember, the values in the charts in this article are merely a starting point for your own explorations and experiments. Particularly with the black body illuminants, the color of lighting is all relative, so remember to adjust your values accordingly.
If you want to further improve the color accuracy, take a look at the Color Grading (Hue Saturation and Lightness tuning) here.