STANDARD OBSERVER / QUESTIONS / WHY DOES SKIN LOOK GREEN ON STAGE?
Color

Why does skin look green on stage?

Usually because the light spectrum, wall spill, white balance, or camera correction is pushing skin into an ugly compromise zone.

Diagnostic pageLuma / 0–100 IRE
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RGB paradeChannel separation
RGB
VectorscopeChrominance
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Incident trace: slightly looser spread, controlled irregularity.

01//Likely causes
Cause

Mixed lighting with poor spectral behavior.

Cause

LED screen spill contaminating the subject.

Cause

Bad white balance target for the actual scene.

Cause

Matrix or paint correction compensating for the wrong problem.

02//Check first
First move

Lighting sources

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Screen spill

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White balance method

First move

Control camera references