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AHow To Add Color To Black and White
Photos in Photoshop
byKaitlyn MillerinArt Tutorials>Photoshop Tricks
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Published Apr. 29th 2008
NOTE: If the following tutorial feels overwhelming, or youre just not interested in learning thesoftware and would rather pay a professional, there ARE other options. Head over to
ColoraPhoto.com to find out more.
For everybody else, heres how to color your photographs yourself:
One of Adobe Photoshops best features is the ability it gives you to colorize black and white
photographs. With Photoshop you can add color to the entire photo, or just paint one part of
the image to create a focal pointits up to you.
Sound interesting? Then read through the following step by step instructions. It doesnt matter if
youre a Photoshop novice or expert, within minutes youll be able to use this essentialPhotoshop technique to bring your black and white photos to life.
Adding color to a black and white photo
First, open the image you want to colorizepreferably a black and white image with a good
range of values from darkest black to pure white.
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Next, go to Image >> Mode and make sure that RGB is selected. This will allow you to use the
most vibrant colors possible.
Now its time to select the area of your photo that youd like to colorIll walk you through the
selection method thatIprefer.
Double-click the Quick Mask button near the base of your toolbar to bring up the Quick Mask
options. Under Color Indicates choose Selected Areas and press OK.
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At this point youll also be in Quick Mask mode, although it wont look any different at first.
Choose the Paintbrush from your toolbar and start painting over the area that youve decided to
add some color to.
Dont worry, youre not really coloring anything yetthis portion will just appear to be red so
you can see the area youre selecting.
After completely covering the chosen area. . .
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. . .click on the Quick Mask button again. This will will put you back to Normal mode. Youll
notice that the area which you just filled in with color is now selected.
Pause for a moment and save the selected area for later use (or in case you make a mistake). Do
this by going to Select >> Save Selection.
OK, its time to finally add some color to your selection. Click on Layer >> New Adjustment
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Layer >> Color Balance.
Click OK on the first dialog box, and the following color sliders will appear.
Put a checkmark in the preview box and adjust the color sliders until you get a color you like forthe selected area. Then click OK.
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If there are other areas that you want to colorize, just repeat the previous steps again on a new
section. Thats all there is to it!
Final photo-coloring advice
It will take some trial and error to get your photo looking exactly the way you want it to. Using
Quick Mask to select the areas will require some practice as well.
You might find yourself changing the Color Balance sliders for each area again and again
thats because even when you think you have the colors right where you want them, they have a
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way of looking a lot different when the whole photo is colorized. Just keep tweaking the sliders
until you get the balance youre looking for.
Remember to save! Always!
Save the original picture before you begin. Save every selection as you make it in Quick Maskmode. And save your project after you colorize each section. Its a real pain to go back and re-do
past sections of the photo just because youve messed up somewhere down the line.
Kaitlyn Miller writes for Printplace.com, anonline printing companythat offers postcard
rinting, business cards, posters and more.
To contact a professional photo editor, visit ColoraPhoto.com.
Adding Color to Black & White Images in Photoshop 7
By Al WardofAction Fx Photoshop Resources
Dateline: June 4, 2003Volume 1, Number 1
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There are quite a few tutorials online dealing with removing color from images to gain crisp
black and white versions. I've written a few myself. The thought occurred to me thismorning that there really isn't much that I've seen showing how to add realistic color to ablack and white image. This takes some time, patience and a bit of savvy, using tool and
blending mode combinations, but it can produce some very realistic results. I'll be showing
you how to colorize an image in Photoshop 7, but you should be able to replicate the effects
in earlier versions or other image editing applications.
For this tutorial I'll be using an example image fromPhotos.com. (Right-click on the imageto download it, if you want to follow along using the same photo). The folks at Photos.com
have been very gracious in allowing me to use their images for my tutorials and it has
become my favorite photo site, due to the quality and wide variety of images available. If
you haven't done so, I suggest you check them out. Now, on to the image.
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This young lady seems a bit down in the
dumps. A little forlorn, a little blue... she
could use a makeover! Okay, maybe Ihave been spending too much time
watching TV with my wife. But I think we
can at least make a try at cheering her up.
First, let's duplicate the original image and place a copy
in its own layer. I always keep a copy of the original on
hand.
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Duplicate the Background layer one more time.
Make the top copy invisible for now and select
the copy just above the background. We aregoing to begin our colorizing with the hair on
this layer.
Click the Create a New Adjustment Layer iconon the bottom of the Layers Palette, or just go to
Layer > New Adjustment Layer. Select
Hue/Saturation.
In the Hue/Saturation
dialog box, check Colorizein the lower-right corner.
Move the sliders to get a
nice sepia/brown overalltone, as shown below.
When satisfied, click OK.
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Now select the topmost layer. This is the onewe made invisible earlier. We'll perform the
majority of our colorizing here.
Click the Add a Mask icon on the bottomof the Layers Palette. Your foreground
and background colors will change toBlack/White respectively when working on the mask. If white shows up in the foreground,hit the D key to place black in the front, white in the back.
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For those of you who are unfamiliar with masks, this
is the one rule that you need to know: Black hides,
and White reveals. What do I mean by that, you ask?Well, the best way to describe it is to simply show
you. When you paint with black in a Layer Mask, that
portion of the layer contents becomes invisible,revealing the layer beneath. So when I paint withblack in the mask where the hair is on the left side of
the image, the layer we just colored beneath is
revealed in those areas.
Go ahead and try it, painting all the areas
where you see hair. Try adjusting your
brush size so that only the hair is revealed.
Now select the image icon in the same layer. This allows you to work on the actual pixels inthe layer rather than the mask.
Go to Image > Adjustment > Hue/Saturation. Again, click the Colorize box. Adjust the tone
of the layer until you get a subtle flesh
tone in the skin. When satisfied, click OK.
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Click on the foreground color in the toolbar to open the Color Picker dialog box. Select atone for the eyesin this case I'm going to color them blue. When you have your color,
click OK.
This part is important, and
is a great trick for coloring eyes, lips, and so forth. Select the Paintbrush tool. Choose a
feathered brush no larger than you need for the area you will be working on (in this case the
iris). Set the Blending Mode for the brush to Color. Set the Opacity to 50% and the Flow to60%.
Paint right over the irises. Note that when painting in the Color blending
mode the white areas are not colored, only the darker areas are changed.
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We can use this same trick on the lips. Select
a reddish hue as your foreground color and,using the same process as the eyes, color the
lips with the Paintbrush.
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Let's take a look at the entire image and
check our progress thus far. Here's mine
(compare it to the original).
If the next few steps seem a bit overdone, you will have to forgive me. I am not in the habitof applying makeup, so the whole concept of what tones go with what skin type eludes me. I
think you will pick up what I'm trying to do, though. Create a new layer. Set the Blending
Mode for this layer to Overlay.
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To work on the eyelashes,
brows and lids we need a
darker tone. Click theforeground color again to
open the color picker and
select a dark hue. I'm using adark blue/gray.
Select the Paintbrush
again and paint over the
lashes, brows and lids.
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Change the foreground color to a lighter blue/gray.
Select the layer with the mask and click on thePaintbrush tool. Keep the Blending Mode of the brush
as Color, and paint the areas where you would like the
eyeliner and mascara.
Now we can enhance and darken areas with the Burn tool. Select the Burn tool on
the toolbar. Set the range to Shadows and Exposure to 20%.
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Run the Burn tool lightly over the lips, brows, and
areas where the makeup was applied. Select the top
layer again. We can give the lips a bit more color bypainting in this layer with a red/brown. Open the
foreground color picker again. Select a tone
(brown/red) for the lips and click OK.
Select the Paintbrush again, in Color Mode. Paint
over the lips.
There you have it. I've made two examples for you using the same process, so you can see
what it looks like with more or less makeup. For contrast, take another look at the original
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image.
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I hope you enjoyed the image colorization process outlined here and I encourage you to try
this on your own photos. Until next time, I'll see you atAction Fx!
Discuss this column with Al Ward in thePhotoshop forum.
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Every wanted take a a picture,make it black and white then return the color to certainparts...follow these easy steps
EditSteps
Photoshop CS and earlier
1. 1
Click To Enlarge
Open Adobe photoshop and open a picture
2. 2
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Click To Enlarge
Go to "Layers" and duplicate the layer,this will create an extra layer located in the lower right
hand corner
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Click To Enlarge
On the duplicated layer,turn it black and white
4. 4
Create a layer mask for your black and white layer by clicking the icon at the bottom of your
layers palette.
Create a layer mask for your black and white layer by clicking the icon at the bottom of your
layers palette.
5. 5This adds a white (blank) mask in your layers palette linked to the image. Click the mask iconto select it.
6. 6
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Click To Enlarge
Now grab the brush tool in you toolbox and mask the section you want colored by painting
directly onto the mask (black will hide the layer and show the color layer underneath, white
will show the layer and keep the black and white version).
7. 7
Click To Enlarge
Now combine the two layers and save and Bam! you have a cool new picture.
Photoshop CS2 and higher
1. 1
Click To Enlarge
Open Adobe photoshop and open a picture
2. 2From the layers palette click on the adjustments layer icon and select Black & White .
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3. 3This creates a new adjustment layer with a blank layer mask. To bring color back to a certain
area simply click on the mask icon to select it and paint with black to hide the effect.
4. 4If you mess up, switch to white to bring the black and white effect back in.
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#40 How to add color to black and white
photo in Photoshop CS6-Tricky Photoshop
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The photo Ill be working with
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Hello guys I am Vaibhav and in this tutorial I am going to show you how to colors to your photo
using Photoshop CS6. Turning a photo to black and white is relatively much simpler than turningthe black and white photo to colored one. There are many ways to convert a colored photo toblack and white but there is only one method to convert black and white photo to colored. If you
are thinking of hue & saturation and then click on t colorize option than you are completely
wrong. I am leaving this task to use to find out why hue & sat will not work. The only method is
to color the photo step by step. I found this photo through Flickrvia creative common search. Ifyour photo is not black and white but color casted(tinted) with any color like morning blue, sepia
etc. then you refer to How to remove colorcast (tint) from a photo using Photoshop CS6. This
method will work on most black and white photo. I am just going to use selection tools, curves,and hue.
STEP 1: CHANGE THE MODE TO CMYK
First off I am going to change the color mode to CMYK. CMYK stands for Cyan Magenta
Yellow Key(Black). By changing the mode to CMYK, Photoshop will give my photo a bit
stronger effect. You can adjust it by going to image>mode>CMYK Color. Leave the photo tobe 8bits/channel.
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STEP 2
So here the fun begins. In this step I am going to select the area which I want to be colored. As
this photo is completely black and white so its up to us what should we choose. We can change
the paint the sky with blue, golden etc. Its totally up to us.
I am going to start with the sky. I think sky is the best place to start with. I am going to select thesky with quick selection tool. You can choose whatever the tool you want. I think quick
selection tool will be easy for me to select the sky. I am going to select it by pressing shift+Wuntil it comes. You can also select it from the left panel.
As you can see in the above pic that my selection is not perfect. I have not selected the barely
visible sky through the trees and I am not even going to select that. Instead of selecting that I am
going to use refine edge tool. Refine edge tools is the best thing when you are selecting hairs,trees etc. Simply click on the refine edge in the option bar.
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After opening the refine edge tool press B to view the selection in black background. As the sky
is generally is of light color so it is best to see it with black background. You can also change the
view mode by dropping sown the view mode menu. Below is the photo that down not containsany refine edge tool.
In the refine edge box , select smart radius and then increase the pixels as per your
requirement. I am going to set the pixels to its maximum value i.e. 250.
You can see the difference between the two photos and can realize the power of refine edge tool.
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STEP 3
In this step I am going to open the layer palette by pressing F7. In the layer palette click on add
adjustment layer. Then select Curves. In the curves, drop down the CMYK menu and thenclick on cyan. You can see that the histogram color has changed to cyan. As sky is mainly of
cyan color so I an going to increase the cyan color simply by lifting up the line.
Now adjust the rest of the colors to give more realistic look to your sky.
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STEP 4
Now I am going to select the trees. Once again I am going to use the quick selection tool to
select the trees. You can also use magic wand tool to select the trees. I recommend you to not tochoose polygonal lasso tool or pen tool because it is nearly impossible to select the tree with
that selection tools. After selecting that once again apply refine edge. Once again add the curveadjustment layer and this time try to adjust cyan, magenta, yellow and black in such a way thatthe trees looks like green in color.
You can fill your tree with whatever the color you want. Its totally depends on your creativity.
STEP 5
Its time to fill the roof. I am going to fill it with red color. The procedure is same. Select the area
then add curve adjustment layer and then edit CMYK curve.
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STEP 6
Time to fill the wall with yellow color with same procedure. But for the wall I am going to use
hue & saturation. I am not able to get the desired color with curves so after adding the curves I
am going to use hue & saturation. To add hue and saturation press F7 for the layers palette.Click on add adjustment layer and the click on hue & saturation. Click on colorize and then
I am going to adjust the hue & sat bar as per my requirement.
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STEP 7
As I have added the colors to my photo I am going to give the final touch to my photo. I am
going to add levels to my photo. But before that I am going to change the mode from CMYK toRGB. Go to image>mode>RGB. Now for the final touch go to image>adjustment>levels and
adjust the levels according to you.
And finally you are done here. I know you guys are thinking its so long trick but it would takeonly 3-4 minutes or less if you know are familiar with Photoshop.Thanks for reading this articleand lot of cool tricks are also available here. Enjoy them also. Dont forget to leave comment and
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