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Muted effect

Ghost Orchid

Ghost Orchid is a colour grade in FRCTL, the browser VJ studio. Sage botanical lows blooming into orchid and pearl.

Runs live on video, images, a camera or generated art. Stack it with any other effect, and route LFOs, envelopes or any of ten audio bands to its controls so it moves with the music.

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The untouched demo art: an eye inside a triangle over wavy teal, blue and peach lines — Source

The eye-in-triangle illustration in grey-green lines over pale lavender, orchid pink and pearl — Ghost Orchid, default settings

What Ghost Orchid does

Grey-green sage shadows bloom into mauve, pale orchid-pink mids and a pearl-white top. Everything stays powdery and low in contrast, driven purely by brightness. Foliage spreads mauve down into the sage, Orchid pulls the petal pink lower, and Pearl whitens only the brightest third.

Using Ghost Orchid

Where it works: Botanical and wedding-style shoots, soft ambient loops and gentle artist portraits. It's the palest grade in the Muted band with no neon at all, which separates it from Vapor Noir's cyan and magenta.
With the music: Nothing inside moves with the track. Put a slow free LFO on Orchid so the pink breathes in and out, or send B10 sparkle to Pearl for a faint white shimmer on the highest frequencies.
Starting point: Foliage at centre, Orchid three-quarters, Pearl a quarter, then lower Foliage until sage shows in the shadows.

Controls

Foliage: Sage shadow into mauve.
Orchid: Soft orchid petal mids.
Pearl: Pearl white top sheen.

Pairs well with Ghost Orchid