The first image came out yellow because it was shot under indoor tungsten lights which have a warm, yellow colour temperature.
What can you do about it?
Your camera has a white balance control. You can either leave it on auto, or you can
dial in whatever white balance is appropriate for your conditions.
If you leave your camera on auto white balance, it will make a good guess at what the correct colour temperature should be. But it will often get it wrong, like in our staircase example. (If needed you can correct colour temperature in editing - Lightroom, PicMonkey and Canva all make it easy.)
It's much better to get the white balance right at the time you press the shutter. Dig out your manual, and find out how to change your white balance setting. You might have icons with things like the sun, some clouds, and a light bulb. Or you might be able to dial in the actual colour temperature.
Colour temperature is measured in Kelvins. Candlelight is the warmest, at about 1,000K, with a very orange cast. Daylight is in the midrange (around 5,200K), and then you move to the blue end of the scale under bright blue skies (around 8,000K). Generally speaking, you don't want a colour cast
on your image. You don't want your indoor shots with a yellow cast, or your outdoor ones with a blue cast. If you dial in the correct colour temperature, your camera will neutralise the strong tones.
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