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Photography Guides

Practical guides on using a vectorscope for color analysis, grading, and correction in photography.

Color Theory

Vectorscope showing full color wheel distribution

What Is a Vectorscope?

What the circular plot means and why photographers should use one.
Vectorscope of a warm-toned photograph

How to Read a Vectorscope

Step-by-step guide to interpreting hue, saturation, and color distribution.
Vectorscope with triadic harmony overlay

Color Harmony in Photography

Complementary, triadic, and analogous schemes explained with vectorscope examples.

Workflow

Vectorscope showing skin tone cluster near reference line

Skin Tone Correction

Use the vectorscope skin tone line to verify and fix skin color accuracy.
Portrait vectorscope with harmony overlay

Color Grading Portraits

A practical vectorscope workflow for portrait color grading.
Vectorscope showing warm white balance shift

White Balance and the Vectorscope

How to spot and fix white balance problems using chrominance distribution.

Chromascope

Chromascope vectorscope in bloom mode

Chromascope in Lightroom Classic

Get started with the Lightroom Classic vectorscope plugin in five minutes.
Chromascope vectorscope scatter plot

Chromascope in Photoshop

Get started with the Photoshop UXP vectorscope panel in five minutes.
Vectorscope bloom density mode

Scatter vs Bloom

Which display mode to use and what each one reveals about your image.
Chromascope vectorscope with analogous overlay

Free Vectorscope Tools

An honest comparison of free vectorscope options for photographers.