How can I paint this red brick house but keep all the shadowing and details in the brick? I have tried creating a mask, adding my color, then changing to color mode but it ends up looking black and white.
You may consider doing the work entirely in Lab Color mode where color adjustment is discrete from tone and texture. No sliders, mninum brush work, editable mask and color and texture.
Step 1. Create the Mask
1. Change Mode to Lab Color and choose the Channels panel.
2. Duplicate theachannel and choose it (a copy)
3. Choose Curves and increase the contrast as shown
4. Touch up with hard-edged brush to complete the mask
5. Choose layers, add a duplicate layer and add the mask to the top layer
Step 2. Change the brick color
6. Choose Curves and theachannel.
7. Change the curve to bisect the grid in the center, horizontally, as shown.
8.Repeat with thebchannel
The brick color is now neutral gray and maintains the texture of the brick. (The gray value is now similar in lightness to the red brick.
Step 3. Change the gray value to white while maintaining texture.
9. Bend the curve using its Lightness channel to produce your preference of whiteness, contrast and texture. Color will not change.
10. The mask and Lightness curve are available for tweaking.
I am trying to do just as you have said but this is greek to me. I am a photoshop novice. I am trying to make the brick in this photo white and the roof black and I have been working for hours and failing!
I would start with Image> adjustments> channel mixer, through the brick mask. You want to put the channel with the best texture and detail on the black channel and adjust the CMY to be a neutral cream color. Adjust the levels to fine tune.