Re: mired shifts

From: Sam Wells (email suppressed)
Date: Fri Mar 16 2007 - 21:12:14 PDT


>
> "subtract the mired value of the desired color from that of the
> source"
>
> Is that right? Am I reading it incorrectly? (source - desired)??
>
> Because then the source goes on to give the following example:
> Source = 5000K or 200mireds. Desired = 3200K or 312mireds...
> 312 (desired) -200 (source) = 112 mireds, which would be an 85 orange
>
> I found another formula that gives the following:
>
> -[(Mired Value of Source Light) - (Mired Value of Desired Light)]
>
> Which would make quote above accurate, right?

I think so.

But the desired value can be a negative number (a "blue" number)

-Sam

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