Lighting Conditions in Post Processing

This is part of a series of posts on how to photograph art.
Post processing is the work that is done to photo after it has been taken, such as adjusting the contrast, exposure, and color balance. It's easy to spontaneously set up a computer and start working without thinking about the lighting in the room, but that may make the color correction more difficult than necessary.

Use one kind of lighting for accurate color

 This is part of a series of posts on how to photograph art.
The various types of lighting available today have different color characteristics. Fluorescent lights often have a cool and slightly blue appearance while tungsten lights tend to lean towards the warm end of the spectrum. The human mind will perceive the light emitted by both types of bulbs as "white light" but the differences in color will be exaggerated by the camera. This post is part of a series about how to photograph art.