What does my digital camera's "foliage mode" do?

What does my digital camera's "foliage mode" do?

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The "foliage" mode, or "green setting" mode on your digital camera, tells the camera you want to bias the exposure toward green. So if you're doing a forest scene, or something like that, you would set it to the "foliage," or "green scene," mode.