Color grading, wheels, etc.

Question

I’m very new to color grading/manipulation/wheel, so my question may be a real laugher, but what can you do?

In Adobe Color, I dropped a jpg image in Extract Theme, and that resulted in the appearance of the image with 5 color sampling(?) circles on it. When I switch to Color Wheel, I see the 5 circles on the wheel in their associated hue and saturation locations, and also see a template with the same 5 colors. The base color is selected, though through no action on my part. Now the big question: when I change the color of a swatch or relocate a small circle on the wheel to a different hue, should I see a corresponding change in my image, or do I have it all wrong? Or, is the purpose of the circles on the wheel just to tell me that I have a harmonious palette or not?

Many thanks to anyone who can answer my Qs.

Bob_Hallam · Answer

Adobe Color will not change an image.  When you drop an image, a theme is extracted based on the colors available in that image.  Then you can play with the results or just use the palet you created.   To change the results you can adjust the settings after the theme was extracted to get variations on that theme.

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