Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a method for setting the illumination light emitted by an illuminating unit for illuminating an object to be illuminated, wherein, from a color image of the object to be illuminated, recorded by means of a digital camera, a mean value color locus is ascertained from the respective pixel color information items for a pixel set containing at least some of the pixels of the color image, an associated white light color locus with the most similar correlated color temperature is ascertained for said mean value color locus and wherein, further, the illumination light is selected in such a way that an illumination light color locus of the illumination light substantially corresponds to the white light color locus.