Remove purple colour from face

[Asad Hayat272371914qcg]

Is there any way to remove purple color from the face in such a way that this coloured area matches the surrounding skin colour? I am using Adobe Photoshop CS 6.

This purple colour is due to a beam of light.

[Mylenium]

Other than elaborate clone painting I can't really think of much. The purple is completely blown out, meaning there is no recognizable skin texture left which would allow for trying color corrections. That may work in the beard/ hair, though, but not the actual skin.

Mylenium

[PECourtejoie]

Hi, for such issues, I'd try to use content from the other side of the head, (selection, Jump to new layer: CTRL+J, then flip, and transform to fit, mask) or cloning from another image where the beam did not shine on the face.

You could try to use the clone tool on a separate layer, and try using different blending modes?

[Asad Hayat272371914qcg]

Can you elaborate this procedure by enlisting all steps one by one?

[Asad Hayat272371914qcg]

I am not expert in using Photoshop and learning it. That's why I have asked you to brief a little by steps so that I can understand the whole procedure easily.

[PECourtejoie]

1) use the lasso tool (L) and select half of the face

2) CTRL+J to Jump it to its own layer.

3) CTRL+T to switch to transform mode, right-click and select flip horizontal.

4) move the half face on top of the purple side.

5)click on the third icon at the bottom of the layers panel to create a layer mask. 

Paint with black to hide, white to reveal back. (hit D for default colors, X to switch them) 

In the layer panel, you can change normal to another mode, cycle to see if any mode works better.

I hope this helps.

[Lumigraphics]

I would first use the Brush tool in color mode to paint over the purple with skin color and get it close to the orange from the skin. Then possibly use a selection from the other side as a replacement.