How to Make a Smooth Color Transition?

This may be more of a graphic design question than a photo editing question, but it seems like something that could be done in Photoshop Elements.  Please let me know if this is out of the scope of PSE.
I am trying to create a smooth transition of colors say from a dark type of blue towards a lighter blue.  I have inserted a part of an image that shows what I am trying to explain below.  You can see how the darker pink gradually but smoothly turns to a lighter pink.  I have been trying to achieve this with a blue stripe that I am working on, but when I do it, you can see a clear and defined point where the colors start to change, and I don't want that effect.  I want to create this smooth and gradual lightening or darkening (whichever way you want to look at it) of the color without there appearing to be a distinct line where the colors all of the sudden change.  I have tried the fade option with the brush, blending modes and am just not getting anywhere fast.  I am hoping I can learn how to achieve an effect like this, but if it is some kind of real complex graphic design skill, then I don't know.
Any helpful thoughts would be appreciated greatly.
Lee

You mean like this?
Use a gradient.

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