How do I add color to white and grey backgrounds in illustration?

[paulm23787238]

Hello,

I want to change a b/w plant illustration to color, retaining the blacks, but coloring the white field to a solid color, and the gray shading to that color [shaded]. I've tried a couple of tutorials I found online with no luck. I'd like to master this, as there are many more similar botanical drawings I will want to change to color.

Many thanks in advance.

[Jeff Arola · Accepted solution]

Lots of ways in photoshop to do that and here's one:

Go to Layer>New Fill Layer>Solid Color, then change the Layer Blending Mode to Multiply

(you can double click on the color fill icon in the layers panel to change the color)

[paulm23787238]

Omigosh, that was easy. Many, many thanks!