light tent pictures have brownish tint background

[zebula8]

I built a light tent using a box with squares cut out of the sides and top and tracing paper taped over the cutouts.. I'm using 100 flourescent bulbs on each side of the box and using a white poster board as the backdrop. I've seen around the web on these home-made boxes and the pictures taken with it and they always look pretty good.

I'm using a Fuji J38 camera for this.

The pictures come out pretty good except that instead of a white surrounding area it always comes out a brownish tint, almost sepia-like.

I tried messing around with the camera settings, exposure to +2 and that seems to get the whiteness around my subjects but it's almost too bright now.

Any suggestions on how to correct this?

[CheaperKings]

Sounds like the WB (white balance) on your camera is off. Have you tried to set it? Do you have it on Auto White Balance?

Hope that helps...

[troutwhisperer]

What color is the inside of your box? If you used a brown box I believe you need to completely cover the inside of the box with the white tissue paper. The DIY light tents I have seen on line are made from white card board boxes.