Silver vs white reflectors?

what is the difference between silver nad white lining of umbrella

and beauty dishes? Silver lined reflectors tend to be more

expensive, but how does it affect the look?

thanks

Metallic linings makes the diffused or reflected light more specular, or harder, hence

more contrast, than a

plain white lining. A silver linig will also to some degree "cool" the lighttemperature

-- or more accurately not warm the light than a white lining will.

A silver reflector reflects more light then a white one.

A silver reflector is only cooler of you use it outdoors, not if use it inside. A silver reflector acts more like a mirror, without colouring the light as a white one does; outdoors that means you mirror the blue(!) sky, thus making the subject cooler. A white one absorbs a bit of the blue, making it slightly warmer.

If you want an even warmer effect, or outdoors a more strong absorbtion of the blue light, you might want to try a gold reflector. The yellow color in gold is the negative colour of blue, ruling the blue out more effectively.

A white reflector when compared to a silver mirror reflector will de-saturate the

colors on the subject. A silver mirror reflector will show the colors to be very

saturated, almost wet. To see this, photograph a person's face. With the white

reflector they have powdery skin tones. With the silver mirror reflector, they have

"wet, shiny almost darker skin tones like a oiled down tan person." The white

umbrella is like adding white cream to coffee. It dilutes the basic colors of the

subject by diffusion.

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