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Originally Posted by kencaleno
Select a neutral coloured object to set your white balance
It’s best to avoid using a white target. The camera prefers grey.( Print yourself a grey card: In photoshop-
File> New
Click on background square in toolbox
Select: red 127; green 127; blue 127 from color chart- Print)
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The problems here are countless. For starters, that's an RGB value that your printer will print in CMYK. Most at-home printers arent even that faithful to CMYK. (127,127,127) is 18% grey (strictly speaking, (128,128,128) is, but hey): most meters are calibrated to 12% (18% is for print). Finally, greycards are for EXPOSURE, not whitebalance.
Meters Don't See 18% Gray by Thom Hogan
Using a white card and editing for the white (255,255,255) on a properly exposed shot is the easiest way to get proper white balance.