> > Interesting though that, in spite of the awesome capabilities of 
> > Photoshop et al, there appears to be no easy way of simulating a 
> > particular colour temperature in degrees kelvin?

Martin Orpen suggested: 
> How about:
> 
> 1. Open an RGB image
> 2. Go to View => Proof Set Up and select "Custom"
> 3. Set the profile to Working RGB
> 4. Make sure that Preserve Color Numbers box is unchecked
> 5. Set the intent to Absolute Colorimetric and click OK
> 6. Go to Color Settings (command-shift-K)
> 7. Click RGB and select "Custom RGB..." from the list
> 8. Select a new White Point from the menu - or have fun 
> setting your own

That took me somewhere I hadn't been before so thanks for that!
Unfortunately still not an easy route as the lowest preset whitepoint
available is D50 - 5000k 
so you need to be able to suss out the x and y values if you want a
lower colour temperature.

Tony Riley (surrey)
WYSIWYG is a pigment of the imagination.

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