Color correction

Color correction is a process used in stage lighting, photography, television, cinematography, and other disciplines, which uses color gels, or filters, to alter the overall color of the light. Typically the light color is measured on a scale known as color temperature, as well as along a green–magenta axis orthogonal to the color temperature axis.

Without color correction gels, a scene may have a mix of various colors. Applying color correction gels in front of light sources can alter the color of the various light sources to match. Mixed lighting can produce an undesirable aesthetic when displayed on a television or in a theatre.

Conversely, gels may also be used to make a scene appear more natural by simulating the mix of color temperatures that occur naturally. This application is useful, especially where motivated lighting (lending the impression that it is diegetic) is the goal. Color gels may also be used to tint lights for artistic effect.

Super Why! is being planned to be released from the vault of its Canadian archive for video scanning, as well as making the color corrected image before being transferred to Digital Vision's software program, Phoenix Refine, despite adding filter effects and removing damaged problems to make a perfect clarified image. It even reduces noise from the video itself, which adds clarity to sharpen the video.

Current HD remastered prints of Super Why! will be available on PBS Distribution's Blu-ray release for a newly color-grading experience of a brand new 1080p resolution.