Color and Tone Elements in Digital Photography: Digital Camera Basic Theories

white). Therefore, it's necessary to make a clear distinction between what we see when shooting and the way the scene will be registered on film. We are going to first examine the elements of color from the point of view of our perception. Then we will relate these elements with there translation to a good photographic image.

Tone

The most important characteristic of a color is it's tone (it's name) or, in color-light terms, the wavelength that is dominant in it's spectrum. For example, if we decide an object is red, it is equal to stating that light reflected by it is mainly composed of the color, accompanied with others that determine different shades.