what gel combinaton will create mercury vapor light color on thungsten light?

[Gevorg Sarkisian]

Hello! I whant to recreat the mercury vapor street light color using thungsten light. What gel combination I have to use on a 3200K light and on 5600K light to get the same color. Thanks.

[James Brown]

Hello! I whant to recreat the mercury vapor street light color using thungsten light. What gel combination I have to use on a 3200K light and on 5600K light to get the same color. Thanks.

 

Hi,

 

There has been a thread on this in the past, i recently followed it's advice on a shoot.

Bastard amber and 1/4 CTO, on a tungsten...... worked a treat.

 

James.

[Stuart Brereton]

Bastard amber and 1/4 CTO, on a tungsten...... worked a treat.

 

This is a gel pack for a Sodium Vapour look, not Mercury. For a Mercury Vapour look on tungsten, you could try 3/4 Plus Green & Rosco Cal Colour 30 Blue. This is the combination used by Paul Cameron.

[James Brown]

This is a gel pack for a Sodium Vapour look, not Mercury.

 

I always seem to get the two mixed up..

 

Sorry about that,

 

James.

[Gevorg Sarkisian]

Thanks for the info. I will try the combination. Thanks

[Guest Cameron Speaks]

How about HMI's? just the green?

[David Mullen ASC]

Sometimes just to keep things simple, I put Full Plus Green on an HMI for a mercury vapor look, although it probably would be more like 3/4 Plus Green and 1/4 CTO to be more accurate. But there is some variation out there in mercury vapor fixtures; some are greener than others.