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# White Balance with Pick White and the RGB Parade

* Duration:  0:39
* Published: November 5, 2026
* English captions

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A tungsten-lit colour chart corrected on the scopes: the RGB parade shows the cast, Pick white on a grey step neutralises it, the traces line up and the vectorscope centres, then warmth goes back on its own layer, dialled in with Opacity.

[ Color grading tutorial · chapter 3 White Balance and Color Temperature Why casts happen, how Temperature and Tint work, how to neutralise a shot on the parade, and how to add warmth on purpose.  Read the chapter ](https://colorgrade.video/color-grading-tutorial/white-balance) 

## Key moments

1. [ Reading the cast , starts at  0:00 ](#t=0)
2. [ Pick white , starts at  0:08 ](#t=8)
3. [ Warmth on purpose , starts at  0:23 ](#t=23)
4. [ Try it yourself , starts at  0:36 ](#t=36)

## Transcript

### Reading the cast  0:00

1. [ 0:02 Under tungsten light the parade splits: red rides high and blue sits low, even over the grey wedge. ](#t=2)
2. [ 0:05 On the vectorscope, the neutral patches sit off-centre towards orange instead of on the centre dot. ](#t=5)

### Pick white  0:08

1. [ 0:08 Pick white on a mid-grey step measures the cast and sets Temperature and Tint to cancel it. ](#t=8)
2. [ 0:14 The three traces now line up over the wedge, and the neutrals collapse to the centre of the vectorscope. ](#t=14)
3. [ 0:17 A split compare shows the cast on the left and the neutral chart on the right. ](#t=17)

### Warmth on purpose  0:23

1. [ 0:23 On a new layer, a gentle Temperature boost adds warmth back as a choice, and the parade shows a small, deliberate split. ](#t=23)
2. [ 0:31 The layer’s Opacity dials the warmth in or out without touching the correction underneath. ](#t=31)

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