Black and White Filters
Available in optically correct resin.
Filters are widely used by black & white photographers for creative effect – most commonly to increase contrast between sky and cloud. However, care should be taken, because as much as a black & white filter darkens one colour, it lightens another – specifically, any colour that is similar to its own. A red filter, for example, makes a red pillar box appear almost white, and a blue sky as almost black. However, a red filter also absorbs green, which would block up the foreground of a verdant landscape.
The black & white filters in the LEE Filters range can be used in conjunction with others, such as the polariser and neutral density standards and graduates.

3 Light Yellow Standard
Partially corrects for excess blue in aerial photography.
- LEE100 System
100x100mm - SW-150
150x150mm

8 Yellow Standard
Darkens sky, cloud and foliage to reproduce correct tones.
- LEE100 System
100x100mm - SW-150
150x150mm

11 Yellowish Green Standard
Alters the response of panchromatic emulsions to be equivalent to the eye responding to objects under tungsten illumination.
- LEE100 System
100x100mm - SW-150
150x150mm

12 Deep Yellow Standard
Minus blue filter. Can be used to cancel blue light when infrared-sensitive films are exposed. Also penetration of haze during aerial photography.
- LEE100 System
100x100mm - SW-150
150x150mm

15 Deep Yellow Standard
Increases contrast between cloud and sky greater than No. 8, for over-correction effect. Also used for copying documents on yellowed paper.
- LEE100 System
100x100mm - SW-150
150x150mm

16 Yellow Orange Standard
Gives even greater over-correction than No. 15. Absorbs a small amount of green.
- LEE100 System
100x100mm - SW-150
150x150mm

21 Orange Standard
Contrast filter. Absorbs blue and blue/green.
- LEE100 System
100x100mm - SW-150
150x150mm

23A Light Red Standard
Greater contrast effect than No. 21 Orange.
- LEE100 System
100x100mm - SW-150
150x150mm