White mist vs dark mist

I've noticed that many times different mists are often captured on film when it comes to apparitions.

Sometimes, the mists are dark, at other times the mists are white.

What gives? Are there any theories as to what the difference is between the white mist and the dark mists?

It's all in the lighting. Too much light, something looks white, not enough and it looks dark or black.

Originally posted by Raverous
It's all in the lighting. Too much light, something looks white, not enough and it looks dark or black.

Both of these are captured using Infrared lighting...

I've seen plenty of evidence of both to realize it's not a lighting trick.

There's something to it.

I did some research and the only thing I can find is a book from 1847 describing what we might call today Reiki, but described moving ones hand to a place on the body, seeing a black mist and then a white mist is supposed to "jump out of the hands" into the dark mist.


Though, that's not the same as an apparition, it's the only thing I could find. Surely this question has been posed by some paranormal investigators someplace.

Evidently there is no curiosity about this other than in my own head.

I thought for sure someone would have a theory as to the difference between white mist and black mist based apparitions.