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cangooou
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February 8, 2017
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How to replace colors exactly?

  • February 8, 2017
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Hello!

I want to replace a color (#38445c) with another (lets say pure red #ff0000).

I'm going to image -> adjustments -> replace color.

I'm choosing #38445c as the selected color and #ff0000 as the replacement. I'm clicking okay.

Now I'm using the eyedropper-tool to pick a color from where I know in the original image the color #38445c has been. I'm expecting to get #ff0000 there. But I get #ab3435.

How can I replace the color #38445c with exactly #ff0000 and not with #ab3435? I'm using Photoshop CS5.

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c.pfaffenbichler
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c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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February 8, 2017

Good day!

If you are serious about image editing I think you should not waste time on Photoshop’s »Replace Color«.

In this case it sounds like setting the Magic Wand Tool to Tolerance 0 with both »Anti-alias« and »Contiguous« turned off should allow for an exact Selection of the designated pixels and then you can use the resulting Selection to create a solid Colour Layer.

Regards,

Pfaffenbichler

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cangooouAuthor
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February 8, 2017

Thanks for your reply. I do want to use anti-alias and some treshhold to replace similar colors as well. So what does the "Replace Color" in photoshop do exactly? To be honest I just used GIMPs "replace color" which does exactly what I need...

c.pfaffenbichler
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c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 8, 2017
So what does the "Replace Color" in photoshop do exactly?

What disqualifies it for serious work in my opinion is that it is destructive.

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