Photoshop Tip: Six Ways to Replace Colors

There are times when a manufacturer wants an artist to change the colors of certain elements in her/his art. For instance, a fabric manufacturer may want 1. additional colorways of the same pattern, or 2. a Christmas painting is in chartreuse green and bright red but the manufacturer wants the traditional dark green and dark red, or 3. a manufacturer immediately needs a certain theme and colors for a client and the artist has the right theme but does not have the right colors and no time to create a new painting, or 4. an artist may want to change some of the colors in an existing painting to make it fresh and new. There are many ways to change colors in Photoshop and each method has its own merits. Some of the methods listed below are similar but check all of them out to discover what method(s) works best for you.

Videos showing methods in replacing colors:
1. using hue/saturation command 
view video "Learn Photoshop - How to Change Color of Specific Objects" and
"Change Car Color in Photoshop"

2. using polygon select tool with hue saturation command
view video "Photoshop Guide - Changing color of a car!"

3. using white overlay with softlight in blending methods & with hue saturation command
view video "Photoshop: Change Hair Color in Photoshop"

4. using quick mask & color balance command
view video "Changing Hair/Eye Color in Photoshop!"

5. using quick mask & curves command
view video "How to Change Lip Color in Photoshop With Curves Lesson 19"

6. using replace color command
view video "Photoshop Tools: Replace Color" (video 1), and
"Photoshop Tools: Replace Color" (video 2)

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