- 1). Select "Image" from the menu at the top, then "Adjust" then "Replace Color." The cursor changes to an eyedropper. Mouse over to an area you want to change and click to confirm the selection. Then change the color you want to replace using the sliding bars for hue, saturation and lightness (these are in the dialog box). Photoshop previews as you go, allowing you to see what the image looks like with each change. You will need to manually click on every location of that color to use this function.
- 2). Add a new layer of color to change the color in your image. Select "Layer" from the menu then "New Adjustment Layer" then "Selective Color." This opens a dialog box showing the current balance of cyan, magenta, yellow and black. First select the color you want to change from the drop-down menu. If you want to change a red balloon to yellow, click on "Reds" in the drop-down menu. Then slide the bars back and forth to adjust the color. Sliding the cyan tab to the left increases cyan and moving it to the right increases red. The magenta bar controls magenta and green, and yellow controls yellow and blue. This method will change the color throughout the image, so you can make clouds and sky bluer or brighter, for example.
- 3). Select the "brush" tool from the menu then select the middle icon of an eyedropper with a bull's-eye. This is the color replacement tool. Select the color you want to adjust, either by clicking on a color in the image or by selecting a color from the color palette. Then click in the area you want to change. Photoshop will automatically replace the color for you and look for similar instances of that color to replace, so you don't need to click throughout.
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