Gel

Gel is a material that is heat resistant and translucent and intended to be placed in front of a light source to either alter it's color, quantity or quality of light.

Gel is available in 2' x 3' sheets and rolls of 4'-5' wide and up to 35' long. There are 'party' colors, light balance compensation colorts, diffusion materials, neutral density and reflective materials to name a few options. Samples of these colors and other material options are usually avaialble in a 'gel swatch'. The swatch sample book can be filpped through to select a color and held up to a light source to see an example of how the colors with affect a surface. The gel swatch samples can also be held in front of a color or light meter to indicate what density or color correction grade of gel is needed to rigged or placed on a large scale in front of lighting instruments on the day of shooting.