Question re Color Temperature Slider...

[Dinarius]

This is probably screamingly obvious, but I'm tired and I'll ask anyway...

Flash is, say, 5500-6000 (cool) and tungsten is, say, 3200-3400 (warm).

If I shoot with flash and the Temperature slider says, say, 5600, and I slide it to the left (lower value), why does the picture get cooler, not warmer?

I don't really care, I just want to know.

Thanks as always.

D.

[D Fosse]

Because it would then compensate for the warmer light.

[digitaldog]

All about the color of a heated (theoretical) object.

 http://www.ppmag.com/reviews/200512_rodneycm.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_temperature

[digitaldog]

If I shoot with flash and the Temperature slider says, say, 5600, and I slide it to the left (lower value), why does the picture get cooler, not warmer?

You talking about Lightroom's Tint/Temp slider? You're compensating or moving in the opposite direction, hence the backwards behavior.