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December 17, 2011
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Replacing colors not working?

  • December 17, 2011
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Hi,

I have a picture of an old retro tv that I want to change the edge color of the tv from red to sky blue.

I follow the steps from the Adobe Photoshop CS5 "Clasroom in a book" using the color replacement tool, size 15 pixels brush, hardness 40%, and spacing 25%, hue, continuous sampling, fine edges, tolerances 32% and auto-alias.

I brgan paintng and the color comes out in a very dark blue?

Did I miss something?

Is there a way to change the original red color to sky blue?

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    acresofgreen
    acresofgreen
    Inspiring
    December 21, 2011

    Are you trying to change the color for a project of your own or just to follow the tutorial?  If you want to use the tutorial method, you should be able to select the blue color you want to use.  Quote from the Community Help:

    Specify a Replacement color by doing either of the following:

    • Drag the Hue, Saturation, and Lightness sliders (or enter values in the text boxes).
    • Double-click the Result swatch and use the Color Picker to select the replacement color.

    If your blue tone is too dark, try to adjust the lightness slider.

    Another way you could change the color is to add a hue/saturation adjustment layer, select Reds in the drop-down menu, and move the hue slider to the color you want.  You can use the adjustment layer's mask to mask out the effect on the parts of the image that shouldn't change from red to blue.

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    jksf13kAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    December 21, 2011

    Hi acresofgreen,

    Thanks a lot for your advice and insight. I'm help creating a logo for someone's startup business and actually want to use the color from the "BlackJack" old time chewing gum. I'm not sure exactly what is the wrapper color if it's sky blue but I emailed the company to let me know. I'll try and follow your guide. Thanks

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    jksf13kAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    December 22, 2011

    Hi acresofgreen,

    I followed your guide for the Hue-Saturation adjusting the colors so far but how can I get the color to look similar like the gum wrapper? I also added Curves but not sure how to adjust it since it would appear either really light or darker?

    A spokesperson from the company told me the wrapper color is Cerulean Blue, and I noticed there are similar color swatches to choose but is it possible to pick one?

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