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Message:: [QUOTE="Vess1, post: 20536957, member: 13650"]As others have stated this is where white balance comes into play.  Most cameras have an auto or you can set it yourself by pushing the button and snapping a pic of a blank white piece of paper filling the view finder to set.     I have a copy stand with four bulbs in the corners.   I got tired of the regular bulbs  which put out a lot of light back in my face when they were all on.   So I got some other track light type LED bulbs that mainly only throw light out of the bottom at the subject.   My first try was this:   [ATTACH=full]1540964[/ATTACH]    I was always fighting the blue hue with these so I got the same type with a warmer color temp.  Now every picture turns out in this color without having to do anything:   [ATTACH=full]1540965[/ATTACH]   Your combination of LED lamps is not what you want.   It's very unlikely they're exactly color matched.   If you set the white balance for one, it won't be compensating for the other one and vice versa.   For best results you need one specific type of light in a dark room.  You don't want sunlight or other light sources to encroach on the subject matter or it will throw the whiteness off.    You can use multiple lights, they just need to be the same or you're going to fight one or the other.[/QUOTE]