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I've always had a problem with color mixes whenever I've attempted studio portraits. For instance, my flashes are color balanced to "daylight"... and when we are indoors in a makeshift studio, most of the lights lighting the room are either incandescent or fluorescent. The problem is that incandescent lighting is much warmer than daylight creating a yellow or orange color cast... and flourescent lighting is much colder than daylight creating green to blue color casts. Needless to say, this is a problem and it has always drove me nuts whenever I've attempted studio photography. Turning off all ambient lighting makes seeing anything in the room impossible. It also makes focusing the camera impossible since nothing can be seen in darkness. I knew that I needed some sort of light to light the room. Using dim ambient lighting at a fraction of the brightness of your studio strobes can work but can also cause mild color casts in your portrait studio photography wh