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How to use colorisation with precision (e.g. with hex code) in Photoshop Elements 12?

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July 1, 2023
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I have Photoshop Elements 12. I have an image that I want to colorise to match a specific RGB/hex value, but in Photoshop, Enhance > Adjust Color > Adjust Hue/Saturation leads me to a pop-up box with sliders for hue, saturation and lightness, as shown below. It appears that it's only possible to judge by eye, which is not what I want.

Following the 'Help' link takes me here but none of that seems to address my problem.

Am I stuck with just trying to use the sliders and judging the resulting colour by eye?

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Correct answer hatstead

@jm46235390

Try the following:

1. Go to Image>Mode and check RGB color

2. Open your file with the parchment

3. Click on your foreground color chip. For this drill, I used green color with hexadecimal value 06de23. Enter these digits in the dialog

4. Open a blank layer above the Background layer and go to Edit>fill layer>Foreground color. ok it

5. On layer 1 set blending mode to color and reduce layer opacity.

6. Below is a b/w picture colorized to suit.

Jeff Arola

Adobe Expert

Maybe your aware of this but you could add a Color Fill Adjustment Layer, select your color and set the layer blending mode to Color as Dave said. The advantage of the Color Fill Adjustment Layer is you can tweak the color by double clicking on the Color Fill Layer thumbnail in the layers panel which brings up the color picker.

Layer>New Fill Layer>Solid Color

davescm

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I don't use Elements, but have you tried adding a new layer with your required colour, then setting the blend mode to color? That will use the Hue and Saturation from your fill layer and the Luminosity from the original image layer.

Dave

hatsteadCorrect answer

Inspiring

@jm46235390

Try the following:

1. Go to Image>Mode and check RGB color

2. Open your file with the parchment

3. Click on your foreground color chip. For this drill, I used green color with hexadecimal value 06de23. Enter these digits in the dialog

4. Open a blank layer above the Background layer and go to Edit>fill layer>Foreground color. ok it

5. On layer 1 set blending mode to color and reduce layer opacity.

6. Below is a b/w picture colorized to suit.

jm46235390Author

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Thank you! That's also a very good method.

Glenn 8675309

Brainiac

This is from pse 14- should be close enuff.

jm46235390Author

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Sorry, Glenn, I don't understand - when I use the eye dropper and then click on the foreground square to get the Color Picker box to pop up and then press F8, it produces little versions of what screens I have open, rather than the box that you got. Also, I'm not sure how I would use that box to colorise the image?

Glenn 8675309

Brainiac

Don't worry about the f8 thing then. You have to realize when you talk about rgb values you are talking about the color values of just that specific point, not the entire image.