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As a retired remote sensing scientist, here is my perspective on tint and temperature sliders in editing software.
White light can be thought of as three primary colors: Red, Green, Blue
Lack of a primary color can create secondary colors of CYM:
Cyan (no red, equal components of Green, Blue),
an example is a cyan pigment,
where the red component of white light is absorbed by the pigment,
with blue, green reflected to the human eye and cyan color is perceived.
Yellow (no blue, equal components of Red, Green), sometimes referred to as minus blue
Magenta(no green, equal Red and Blue) sometimes referred to as minus green
Tint Slider:
With Green and Magenta on opposite ends of the Tint slider,
the software gives you a "more green / less green" scale (pure Magenta would be only Red, Blue, zero Green)
Temperature Slider:
With Blue and Yellow on opposite ends of the Temperature slider,
the software gives you a "more blue/less blue" scale (pure Yellow would be only Red, Green, zero Blue)
White light can be thought of as three primary colors: Red, Green, Blue
Lack of a primary color can create secondary colors of CYM:
Cyan (no red, equal components of Green, Blue),
an example is a cyan pigment,
where the red component of white light is absorbed by the pigment,
with blue, green reflected to the human eye and cyan color is perceived.
Yellow (no blue, equal components of Red, Green), sometimes referred to as minus blue
Magenta(no green, equal Red and Blue) sometimes referred to as minus green
Tint Slider:
With Green and Magenta on opposite ends of the Tint slider,
the software gives you a "more green / less green" scale (pure Magenta would be only Red, Blue, zero Green)
Temperature Slider:
With Blue and Yellow on opposite ends of the Temperature slider,
the software gives you a "more blue/less blue" scale (pure Yellow would be only Red, Green, zero Blue)
