Canon PowerShot S90

	Color
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Color Accuracy (11.63)

We found that the S90 captured very accurate color. In this test, we photograph a color chart under tightly controlled conditions, and we found that the S90 captured these colors very well. The only issues we found were that some blues and yellows were a little inaccurate, as you can see from the examples below. However, these shifts were relatively minor  Click here for more on how we test color

The S90 offers a range of color modes (Canon refers to them by the moniker "My Color"), but we found that the S90 produced the most accurate colors with these disabled. You can see examples of all of the color modes in our Controls section.

	Camera Color Comparisons
	Ideal	Canon PowerShot S90	Panasonic ZS3	Canon SD970 IS	Fuji F200EXR
Dark Skin
Light Skin
Blue Sky
	Ideal	Canon PowerShot S90	Panasonic ZS3	Canon SD970 IS	Fuji F200EXR
Foliage
Blue Flower
Bluish Green
	Ideal	Canon PowerShot S90	Panasonic ZS3	Canon SD970 IS	Fuji F200EXR
Orange
Purplish Blue
Moderate Red
	Ideal	Canon PowerShot S90	Panasonic ZS3	Canon SD970 IS	Fuji F200EXR
Purple
Yellow Green
Orange Yellow
	Ideal	Canon PowerShot S90	Panasonic ZS3	Canon SD970 IS	Fuji F200EXR
Blue
Green
Red
	Ideal	Canon PowerShot S90	Panasonic ZS3	Canon SD970 IS	Fuji F200EXR
Yellow
Magenta
Cyan

NOTE: Because of the way computer monitors reproduce colors, the images above do not exactly match the originals found on the chart or in the captured images. The chart should be used to judge the relative color shift, not the absolute captured colors. 

Color Score Comparisons
		Compare to Panasonic ZS3
		Compare to Canon SD970 IS
		Compare to Fuji F200EXR

Color Modes (5.00)

The S90 includes a wide range of color modes, although most of them seem to be more for novelty use than anything practical. Canon refers to these as My Colors, and the options include vivid, neutral, sepia, black & white, positive, lighter skin, darker skin, vivid blue, vivid green, vivid red and a custom mode. The latter mode allows you to set your own levels for saturation, contrast, sharpness, red, green, blue and skin tone. You can see examples of all of these color modes in the Controls section of this review.

See how the competition stacked up against the Canon PowerShot S90
Panasonic ZS3	Canon SD970 IS	Fuji F200EXR