Chiyeung Lau Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Hi guys, Relative beginner here, I was wondering if you guys can help me with a question. I was watching a mini documentary about Christopher Doyle and he was discussing lighting Asian females. He discusses how white their skin actually is and how bluer light enhances their skin and makes them look a little whiter. The link is here to the video: Can anyone elaborate on this? Would this mean using more of a daylight source or gels or filters to add more of a blue tint to the light source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Satsuki Murashige Posted August 11, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted August 11, 2014 He is probably just applying the color theory of light where the complements of Red-Green-Blue is Cyan-Magenta-Yellow. Since asian skintone has a slight yellow component to it compared to caucasian skintone (at least, mine does!), adding a slight amount of blue light counteracts this and makes it more neutral. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted August 11, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted August 11, 2014 Well, a light blue gel in general will make skin look paler, that's only logical since blue is the opposite of the warm tones in skin. The recent AC article on "Malificent" mentioned that Angelina Jolie's close-ups were lit with a 1/4 CTB gel on the lamp to make her face paler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiyeung Lau Posted August 12, 2014 Author Share Posted August 12, 2014 Thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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