White Balance Mired Shift
Find the mired shift needed to convert one color temperature to another.
About White Balance Mired Shift
Converting kelvin to mired makes color shifts additive, so the difference is the filter strength needed to move between temperatures. Mired is the correct scale for color-correction gels, where a fixed filter always shifts a constant amount of mired.
Formula
White Balance Mired Shift
Mired shift = 1,000,000/target - 1,000,000/current
- mired
- Reciprocal of Kelvin, used for filter math
Worked example
With the default values below, White Balance Mired Shift returns Mired Shift of 120.19. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Current temperatureminimum 100
- 5,200
- Target temperatureminimum 100
- 3,200
Results
- Mired Shift
- 120.19
- Target Mired
- 313
- Filter Suggestion
- Add a warm (amber) filter
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2White Balance Mired Shift
- 3Mired Shift= 120.19
- 4Target Mired= 313
- 5Filter Suggestion= Add a warm (amber) filter
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 2 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is White Balance Mired Shift calculated?
Mired shift = 1,000,000/target - 1,000,000/current Converting kelvin to mired makes color shifts additive, so the difference is the filter strength needed to move between temperatures.
Why does White Balance Mired Shift matter?
Mired is the correct scale for color-correction gels, where a fixed filter always shifts a constant amount of mired.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 2 inputs: Current temperature, Target temperature. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.