List of Colours available on a Picture

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December 24, 2019
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Hi,

Can Photoshop give me a list of colours on my photo that I can then choose from to delete or retain.

For example, I have a photo that has some lighter areas that I want to do away with. I have tried the Magic Wand tool and it doesn't capture everything. Using the eraser or healing brush is a little too cumbersome.

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Correct answer Chuck Uebele

There is no list of colors, as that could be extremely lengthy, if it existed. Have you tried making a selection using color range?

Semaphoric

Community Expert

You may want to investigaet Select > Color Range.

Derek Cross

Community Expert

You're going about this the wrong way. One way of lightening (and darkening) parts of an image (non-destructively) is as follows:

Create a blank layer over your orignal image and fill it with 50% gray (Edit > Fill... select 50% Gray from the Contents drop-down menu). Then select Overlay from the Blend Modes in the Layers Palette.

You can then use the Dodge tool set to around 15% Exposure to to paint over the image to lighten the areas of the image you want lightened and then use the Burn tool to darken the areas you want darkened.

You can subsequently fine tune using the Opacity slider in the Layers palette.

davescm

Community Expert

Given that in 8 bits per channel we have a possible 16,777,216 values and in Photoshop's implementation* of 16 bit a possible 35,000,000,000,000 values then a colour list would make no sense at all.

Can you show what are trying to achieve, there is probably a better way e.g. luminosity masking.

(Photoshop "16 bit" actually uses 15 bits+1 per channel)

Dave