Is it just me or am I supposed to have purple photos?

[kenjifirera]

So wait a minute... All three of those pictures were taken by your Lumia 920, right? With the first picture taken with the fluorescent white balance setting, or auto? Because the first one looks correct, the second looks like you have Daylight or Cloudy turned on, and the third being auto possibly (it gets indoor auto wrong on occasion).

The way I got the first picture right was by using an ACTUAL fluorescent light which is a cool lighting compared to the yellow light which is warm
lighting. So pictures with sunlight that's either setting or a lightbulb with the yellow tint changes the shirt purple. I'm starting to think its the white balance adjusting to the light.

 

[George Ponder]

Home now and can look at the pics on a larger screen than my 920.... definitely a white balance issue. But, remember when you create a warmly lit environment, the white balance will reflect that lighting. It's not designed to counter a warm light, it's designed to reflect it.

So when you turned on the yellow, more warmer light your picture will reflect what you are seeing.

 

[kenjifirera]

Home now and can look at the pics on a larger screen than my 920.... definitely a white balance issue. But, remember when you create a warmly lit environment, the white balance will reflect that lighting. It's not designed to counter a warm light, it's designed to reflect it.

So when you turned on the yellow, more warmer light your picture will reflect what you are seeing.

Thank you for that piece of knowldge. I hope they make an option to turn off white balance for these situations. Thanks everyone for your input.

 

[adroit9]

Thank you for that piece of knowldge. I hope they make an option to turn off white balance for these situations. Thanks everyone for your input.

Turn off white balance? It's a setting like a dial, you can't turn it off. You can turn off auto though, and switch it to a different setting manually. From what I can tell, there's nothing wrong with your phone. You just need to use the right settings. Messing around and using different colour lights will of course throw the camera for a loop if left on auto.