The objective is to make sure that what looks white in real life, also gets rendered as that same white in the photo.
White balance is a photographic term that aims to remove any color cast or tint from your photos. So before I tell you the secret of getting a great white balance, let us discuss what exactly is white balance. You’re never sure if you’ve gotten the white balance correct or not. Judging your own eyes becomes a bit deceiving.
Should it look a bit more cool or warm? This is what happens when you try to set it manually by eye. What makes it even more difficult is our own aesthetic perception. Setting the perfect white balance while rendering has always been a tricky affair.