Black and white · 2016

ACROS+Ye (yellow filter)

A little more sky, no cost to skin.

Short answer

ACROS+Ye applies a digital yellow filter. Blue skies darken slightly so clouds separate, greens lighten a touch, and skin tones stay natural. It is the safest of the three filter variants and works for almost any subject.

Based on: Neopan 100 Acros with a yellow filter
Type: Black and white
Introduced: 2016
Cameras with this simulation: 32

On black and white film, a yellow filter was the one photographers left on the lens all day. It corrected the tendency of film to render blue skies as blank white, without the heavy-handedness of an orange or red filter. The digital version does the same job.

What it changes

Blue is darkened by roughly one stop of tonal value, which is enough for white clouds to stand away from the sky instead of dissolving into it. Yellows and greens brighten a little, so foliage keeps its structure.

Skin is barely touched. That is what makes this variant so easy to live with: you get a better sky without paying for it with grey, lifeless faces.

When to use it

Any outdoor scene with sky in the frame. Architecture on a bright day. Street photography where buildings meet the sky at the top of the frame.

Skip it indoors — there is no blue to filter, so it does very little, and plain ACROS gives you a slightly cleaner file.

Suggested starting settings

Highlight	0
Shadow	+1
Grain	Weak, Small
Clarity	+1

Common questions

ACROS+Ye or plain ACROS?

If the sky is in the frame, +Ye. If it is not, plain ACROS. The difference indoors is close to invisible.

Can I use it for portraits?

Yes. Yellow is the gentlest of the three filters on skin. For maximum kindness to skin, ACROS+G is better still.

All simulations

ACROS Black and white with grain that behaves like film.

ACROS+R Black skies, white clouds, high drama.

ACROS+G The portrait filter, and the one for gardens.

Monochrome Plain black and white, harder and more graphic than ACROS.

Monochrome+Ye The everyday filter on the harder black and white.

Monochrome+R The hardest black and white Fujifilm will give you.

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Last updated August 30, 2026