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Match color is grayed out in Photoshop

Community Beginner ,
Mar 06, 2021 Mar 06, 2021

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I am new to photoshop. I have two images, one is a scanned image of my artwork and one is a photo of the same artwork, they are in the same file on separate layers. The scanned image colors are not right so I want to color match against the photo. I read the instructions on how to do this, but when I go to Image, then Adjustments, I can't select "color match" because it is grayed out. I don't know what I am doing wrong - any ideas? The file is RGB 8 bit. See my screen shot.

robinr055_0-1615055188134.png

 

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New Here , Aug 05, 2024 Aug 05, 2024

Nvm I solved it by setting the paint bucket mode to Normal.

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Mar 07, 2021 Mar 07, 2021

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Match Colors works destructively (and is, in my opinion, therefore unfit for serious work) but the Layer you have selected appears to be a Linked Smart Object. 

You would need to rasterize it (or a copy). 

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Jan 01, 2023 Jan 01, 2023

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thanks a lot. you save my day

 

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Jan 27, 2024 Jan 27, 2024

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Had this issue as well -- my file was in cmyk mode and therefore greyed out -- once switched to RGB mode for the file it became available to use. 

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Aug 05, 2024 Aug 05, 2024

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Hi, I changed the mode from CMYK to RGB. The colour has changedd, but its still not the colour I selected.

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Nvm I solved it by setting the paint bucket mode to Normal.

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