How do I only allow one color to be shown in a photo while the rest is all black

Question: How do I only allow one color to be shown in a photo while the rest is all black and white!?

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As is true of many procedures in Photoshop, there are several ways of doing selective color!. This is a quick and easy method!.

First open your photo in PS of course!.

Then go to Layer - Duplicate Layer

Click OK

Then go to Image - Adjustments - Hue / Saturation

Drag the Saturation slider all the way to the left to make the photo black and white!.

Click OK

Then get the ERASER tool from the tool box on the left side of the screen!. It is usually the next tool under the clone stamp tool!. Just hover your mouse over the tool, and it will say Eraser!.

When you have selected the Eraser, go up to the Brush options box at the top of the screen, and click on the downfacing arrow!. Set the Hardness of the brush to 100% so you will have accurate control of selection!. You may also need to raise or lower the brush size to suit!.

Erase away any black and white from where you want the color to be revealed!.

When done go to
Layer - Flatten Image

Then just do a Save As to wherever you want to save the photo!.

hope this helps you

steve
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It's called "color accent" or "selective coloring!."

The Canon Powershots allow you to automatically do it in the camera!.

You can also do it in Photoshop!. The easiest way is to start with a color photo, make a duplicate layer, convert to black and white, then use the eraser to reveal the color beneath!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It's called Selective Desaturation!. In PS you would create a Hue and Saturation adjustment layer desaturating the entire image and simply mask out the area you want in color!.Www@QuestionHome@Com