Color Question

[canpeg]

Thanks for that, Marg. I have since found out that the PS and CS2 and 3 instructions didn't work for PSE. It would be a shame to keep things "uniform" wouldn't it

[mommadorian]

Sorry I'm just getting around to try this!! The Hue/Saturation technique worked!!

Thanks for everyone for their imput.

[tailz61]

ok had a look around and this looks like a good place to ask my question without starting another topic.. I know how to recolour using the usual techniques but what I can't figure out is if I have an element that I need to recolour to an exact shade ie if I have greyscale element for the July challenge kit and I want to recolour it to the shade 855F5C what's the best way to do it.

I know that I can recolour using hue/saturation or colour overlay etc but that in my eyes only gives me an approx colour...not an exact match

Does anyone know how to do it?? Thanx

[A-M]

Originally Posted by tailz61

ok had a look around and this looks like a good place to ask my question without starting another topic.. I know how to recolour using the usual techniques but what I can't figure out is if I have an element that I need to recolour to an exact shade ie if I have greyscale element for the July challenge kit and I want to recolour it to the shade 855F5C what's the best way to do it.

I know that I can recolour using hue/saturation or colour overlay etc but that in my eyes only gives me an approx colour...not an exact match

Does anyone know how to do it?? Thanx

Lesley are you using Photoshop or Elements?
I personally find you can never get an exact match because in a sense you are adding to the grayscale colour. I use the hue/saturation and then I go to the Image - Adjustments - Variations and play around there until I get it as close as I can.
You do realise the swatches for the little kits is basically a guide line as there is no hard and fast rule that what you create has to be exactly those colours.

[tailz61]

I"m using PSCS3, phew I"m glad there's no hard n fast but I was just wondering if it was possible...I have a feeling that no it's not possible coz of the as you say your adding colour to grey...but thanks anyway for answering i'll just keep on tinkerin

[Debbie]

Lesley, it is always a lot easier to recolour something that is in it's original colour. I find it works a lot better than greyscale. But that is not always possible. I also find that adjusting the brightness and contrast after recolouring helps to make it look a bit more realistic too.

[tailz61]

Thanks Debbie I'll give that a try too...there's so many tools on offer that I tend to forget to use some of em...

[nikki]

Lesley, one other trick I use, sometimes, is to create another layer with a brushstroke of the desired colour above the image to be recoloured. Then I do my recolouring on the image layer until I get a close enough match and delete the brush stroke layer.

But as Debbie said- greyscales can be harder than originals sometimes.

[A-M]

Originally Posted by nikki

Lesley, one other trick I use, sometimes, is to create another layer with a brushstroke of the desired colour above the image to be recoloured. Then I do my recolouring on the image layer until I get a close enough match and delete the brush stroke layer.

But as Debbie said- greyscales can be harder than originals sometimes.

That sounds a clever idea which I must try.

[tailz61]

another good idea...thanks Nikki, I'll keep that one in mind too