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I thought I’d post some proof that, in digital photography, the overall colour of the thing you’re photographing makes a lot of difference to the colour of details, because the whole picture determines what the colours of different parts will be. Compare these two photos:
It’s the same model, photographed in the same photo booth with the same lighting, using the same iPad, and neither photo has been adjusted in any way. In the photo with the blue background, the model looks green-brown, but with a white background, it looks brown. (For the record: the model is painted brown.) Here’s the result of using the colour eyedropper tool in Photoshop on pretty much the same spot (the upper side of the left front mudguard) on the model in both photos (blue background first, white background second):
Short version: if the model in your photo seems to have the wrong colours, try using a different background.
It’s the same model, photographed in the same photo booth with the same lighting, using the same iPad, and neither photo has been adjusted in any way. In the photo with the blue background, the model looks green-brown, but with a white background, it looks brown. (For the record: the model is painted brown.) Here’s the result of using the colour eyedropper tool in Photoshop on pretty much the same spot (the upper side of the left front mudguard) on the model in both photos (blue background first, white background second):
Short version: if the model in your photo seems to have the wrong colours, try using a different background.