Choosing replacement color

In PSE4, I find the Color Replace tool works remarkably well (for changing the colour of someones clothes for example).
The only problem is choosing the precise replacement color I want is not easy just by pushing the 3 sliders around. I would like to be able to specify a particular RGB colour, or use the eyedropper to select a color I like.
Is there any way of doing this?
I have tried doing calculations based on the difference in hues, saturation and lightness of the original and desired replacement colors but this does not seem to work very well.

If you mean the Replace Color dialog box, yes you do not have to use the sliders. After you've selected the color you want to replace, click the replacement color square. This will open the color picker and you can choose a color there by entering the numbers, or you can click in any open image and the color you click will become the replacement.

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How do I make replace color work?

I load up an image wherein I want to change an area of #111518 to #151A1D.
I know how to set up foreground and background colors in the two overlapping squares in the line of tools.
I know how to choose adjustments and how to choose replacement color.
I know how to get the color picker.
I do not understand what "localized color clusters" mean.
I do not understand what "load" means.
I do not understand what "dropper+" and "dropper- mean".
I do not understand what "fuzziness" means.
I do not understand what "preview" means.
PLEASE HELP!

Good day!
In my opinion ”Replace Color" is useless for professional work.
As for the terms you claim not to understand you might refer to the Help:
Photoshop Help | Matching, replacing, and mixing colors
Regards,
Pfaffenbichler

Can't replace color in PSE 9

I am trying to replace one color with another in a photo in PSE 9. Following the instructions in the on-line help does not work. Here is what I do.
1) Select the eye dropper and click in the image to set the foreground color to the replacement color.
2) Right click on the brush tool and choose the color replacement tool. Set the options to Mode=Color, Limits=Discontiguous, Tolerance=25%, Anti-alias=On.
3) Left click on the color in the photo that I want to replace.
4) Hold down the left mouse button and drag over the area containing the color I want to replace. Nothing happens when I do this.
In the photos in the Replace Colors in an Image help topic it appears that at some point in the process the cursor should change to include an eye dropper. I assume this is the cursor I should see before I left click to select the color I wish to replace, however, at no time does the cursor ever contain an eye dropper.
Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? Thanks.

How are you trying to save? Works for me.
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Add New
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Click OK and close
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REPLACE COLOR only allows graytones for replacement color

Hello,
I am trying to use the REPLACE COLOR command to change a white sky to a blue sky. I am running Photoshop CS on Windows XP system. Photoshop provides two descriptions on how to use the REPLACE COLOR command and I have tried both. Howwever, for either one, when I attempt to set the color that will be used to replace the original color, the color picker always "previews" and uses a graytone rendition, not the tone I actually attempt to set. When I wag the mouse over the entire color picker swatch, the preview alway renders a graytone. If I instead type in a known 6-hex digit color identifier I still get a graytone rendition, not the actual
color.
I am trying to change the color for only a portion of the image, so I'm using the rectangular marquee to selection the portion I want to change.
For completeness, here is a list of steps I'm performing-
1)In the Layers palette, select the layer containing the color you want to replace.
2)Use the rectangular marquee to select only a specific area in the image you wish to change.
3)Choose Image > Adjustments > Replace Color.
4)In the Replace Color dialog box, make sure Selection is selected under the preview window.
4)In the image, click the color you want to change.
5)Double-click the Result swatch and use the Color Picker to select the replacement color and click OK.
Any clues what I'm doing wrong or what I may hav set wrong?
Thanks,
Ron Glos

Replace color will not work for white or black, as there is no color. There was a post about a month ago with similar topic, with some solutions. Sorry can't remember how to get there, try search with this in mind.
edit
try this link
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b55cf6/2

Replacing color question

Using CS5 and Image > Adjustment > Replace Color
I am trying to change the color of the top of the wall, I select it and adjust the Hue, however it is leaving behind part of the blue that was there before. If I add the blue to my selection or adjust the fuzziness too much, it starts changing the color of the window. What is the best way to get rid of the left over color without changing the color of the window?
Thank you.

make a loose selection around the wall with the lasso tool (to exclude the window) and then choose select > color range
on another point the quick selection tool would make a good job of this selection.

Replace Color question

I have an image taken from off the Net that I need to edit and change some colors.
In the Replace Color dialog I can select the "source color" but I can't specify the "destination color" except by dragging the Hue slider.
I'd like to be able to specify the "destination color" I want in more detail, like selecting it from a pallette, inputting RGB/HSB values etc.
How could I do that?

Choose Image > Image Adjustments > Hue/Saturation or press Ctrl + U keys. Drag the Hue slider to -150, Saturation slider to +2 and Lightness to -4.
If you want to limit the color correction only to the blue gradient, first select the the pointing hand (On Image Adjustment tool) at the bottom of the Hue/Saturation window and click with it once on the blue gradient.
If you want to sample the values from the green gradient to help you choose the values in the Hue/Saturation sliders, first open the Info panel and change its readout to HSB color, then after opening the Hue/Saturation window and clicking with the On Image Adjustment tool to limit the color range for the correction, disable the On Image Adjustment tool by clicking on its button again. Then move the mouse cursor over the the left edge of the green gradient on the image, and check the values in the Info panel. Then change the values in the Hue/Saturation window and also keep the mouse cursor on the left edge of the blue gradient on the image until the hue value of the blue gradient in the Info panel matches the hue value of the green gradient. Then repeat the same for the Lightness and Saturation.
I don't know if this is possible on Macs but on Windows any input box in the programs has virtual slider capability by clicking in the input box and using the up and down arrow keys on the keyboard. You can take advantage of this when using the Hue/Saturation window and sampling colors from the image by keeping your mouse cursor stationary on the image to sample values as reflected in the Info panel while using the up and down arrows of the keyboard to change the values of the Hue/Saturation sliders.
For more details about using the Hue/Saturation controls read the manual: http://helpx.adobe.com/content/help/en/photoshop/using/adjusting-image-color-tone.html#adj ust_hue_and_saturation

Hey, How do I populate my replace colors color library in illustrator? I tried to replace color on a traced/ vectorized image and when I selected and went to the color library CC said I need to use a valid username. I was already logged into my adobe acco

Hey, How do I populate my replace colors color library in illustrator? I tried to replace color on a traced/ vectorized image and when I selected and went to the color library CC said I need to use a valid username. I was already logged into my adobe account.

Can you please show a screenshot of what exactly you want to replace where?

Replace Color - selected areas turn gray instead of desired sample color. HELP?!

Hi, I am using Photoshop CS3 and have a question regarding "replace color."
First...here are the steps I enacted prior to trying to use the 'replace color' function:
1. In RGB Mode - - Selected and filled a shape a color.
2. Ran the selected object through Alien Skin/Impact "Chrome" function.
3. Selected 'adjustments/desaturate.' Did this so that I could then go to Adjustments/color balance..... and then change the entire color of the object to a predominantly red chrome looking scheme.
4. After giving the object a 'chrome' appearance, I wanted to go into the 'white' hilite areas of the object and sample them - and then change them to a bright red color....this is where the 'REPLACE COLOR' function comes in.
5. So I use the color sample eye dropper within 'REPLACE COLOR' and select the white areas I want to change to red...as the 'selection color.'
6. Then, I click down in the lower color box (result color) and sample a color that I want to change the white hilite areas to...in this case, red.
7. This is where the problem occurs - - even though I chose a result color of red...the white areas turn to grayscale within my colored object...so just those areas are gray!!! What the heck??!!
So... how can I desaturate a selected object... then recolor it using 'Color Balance'.... and then replace colors and have the replaced colors actually be a color instead of a gray color?
My file is in RGB mode and everything else is in COLOR.... yet I cannot replace areas within this colored graphic with other colors...it just keeps putting gray tones into the object.
HELP??
Thanks.

Hi Curt - - this occurs even if I select a color within the same file... something about desaturating the file and then adding color back into it...I can't get it to replace color after that.

Enable user to choose pick color from color palette

hello, i have a program that uses the color-matching function. when the program runs, i want to allow the user to choose a color from a color pallete and then this color should be matched
with the colors in images. i use "imaq setup match color pattern" and "imaq color pattern" functions which use templates as an input and these templates have to be manually assigned before run.
is there a way to allow the color palette to act as a templete input???
thankyou

Sure, Put a color box control on the front panel. It is located in the numeric palette.

How can I create a black and white image similar to what I see in the "Replace Color" tool?

Hi all, I'm just wondering how I can create a black and white image similar to what I see in the preview window of the "Replace Color" tool. See attached screenshot for clarification -- I need the grass to be black while the soil is white or vice versa. Any tips?

One way is to use Select>Color Range
Make a new Color Fill Layer>White
(Layer>New Fill Layer>Solid Color)
Put a new color fill layer below>black
Just invert the layer mask on the top fill layer for the opposite effect.

Color picker choosing inaccurate colors

when i use the eye dropper to choose a color within the document i'm working on (for instance, wanting to turn a button the same color as something else on the page), it has begun choosing a different version of the color.
must be a setting i messed up, but does anyone know where i can correct this?
thanks so much.

Hi likeitsounds,
Does this happen with all documents?
Do you have any adjustment layers above the layer you're sampling?
With the eye dropper tool selected, What is the sample size you're sampling in the tool options bar?
Regards,
Pete

Replace Color(s)

I couldn't figure out how to use the Replace Color function
in
Photoshop, so I checked out Fireworks and was pleased to see
it's user
friendly in the extreme. The only problem is it doesn't work!
First, I opened an image with a .png extension. (It only
works on .png
images, right?) Then I clicked Window > Find and Replace,
opening the
little dialog box. The settings are "Search Document," "Find
Color" and
"Fills & Strokes."
There are two colored squares - Find: and Change to:. I used
the
eyedropper to set the color of Find to the color I want to
replace (a
light gray). Then I clicked Change to and set it at yellow.
Then I click
"Replace All," but nothing happens.
This is the first time I've used Fireworks, by the way. I've
owned
Studio MX for a long time but never got around to playing
with Fireworks
because I already had Photoshop. Thanks.
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David Blomstrom wrote:
> Linda Rathgeber **Adobe Community Expert** wrote:
>>
>>
>>> There are two colored squares - Find: and Change
to:. I used the
>>> eyedropper to set the color of Find to the color
I want to replace (a
>>> light gray). Then I clicked Change to and set it
at yellow. Then I
>>> click "Replace All," but nothing happens.
>>
>> You need to rub the cursor over the color you want
to replace.
>>
>
> You mean if I want to replace the gray in North America
only, I need to
> place my cursor over North America and hold down the
mouse button while
> I rub it with the cursor? Or I need to place the cursor
over the color
> in the Find box? I tried both without success. Thanks.
>
The Replace Color tool works as Linda describes, and can be
used on
pngs, gifs, jpegs, etc. I do not think FW MX had the actual
tool
(although it's been a long time since I used MX so I could be
wrong).
I've never found it to work all that well or predictably
especially with
grey, but that could just be me.
However, what you described was the Find and Replace Color
panel. This
panel no longer exists in later versions such as FW8 and
probably MX
2004. Its functionality was built into the main Find and
Replace dialog box.
At any rate, this feature only works for vectors, fonts and
paths.
Sampling a color from a flattened bitmap (PNG or otherwise)
will have no
effect on the image.
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Replace color and hue/saturation?

Is there any real difference with using hue/saturation and replace color to change the color of an item OR is it just two ways to do the same thing?

If you did a hue/saturation change then both the blue and yellow would change according to the sliders that you use.
That would apply if you edit the Hue/Saturation’s Master (alt-2), but if the Colors are sufficiently different one could influence only the Reds (alt-3), Yellows {alt-4) etc.
And that’s naturally best done with an Adjustment Layer.

[JS] User Interface to Choose Layer Color (Get List of UIColors)

I know how to set layer color with UIColors so I am not somewhat familiar with how it works. I want to create a dialog (which I know how to do) that has a menu that lets a user choose their layer color. So I want to get a list of all the UIColors and present that as a menu to the user. I cannot figure out how to get this list of colors. I know how to access them individually, but I'd think it would act similar to an array. I can't figure out the code to access the list to use it in a menu. Is this possible and if so how?
P.S. I am supporting InDesign CS2 and CS3.
Thanks in advance.
Dan

Thanks for all the help everyone. We finally have the answer. Here's the following code that I'll be using. While Kasyan's works, I went ahead and made the menu a little nicer to read (like InDesign's actual menu is). My first array is for the dialog's menu, the second array contains the proper code I need later for setting the menu color. Again, thanks for all the input. Doing this in just CS3 was so much easier, but I also need to support CS2, so this works just fine (in both CS2 and CS3).
myLayerColorMenuArray = [ "Light Blue" ,
     "Red" ,
     "Green" ,
     "Blue" ,
     "Yellow" ,
     "Magenta" ,
     "Cyan" ,
     "Gray" ,
     "Black" ,
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     "Dark Green" ,
     "Teal" ,
     "Tan" ,
     "Brown" ,
     "Violet" ,
     "Gold" ,
     "Dark Blue" ,
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     "Brick Red" ,
     "Olive Green" ,
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     "Burgundy" ,
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     "Light Gray" ,
     "Charcoal" ,
     "Grid Blue" ,
     "Grid Orange" ,
     "Fiesta" ,
     "Light Olive" ,
     "Lipstick" ,
     "Cute Teal" ,
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     "red" ,
     "green" ,
     "blue" ,
     "yellow" ,
     "magenta" ,
     "cyan" ,
     "gray" ,
     "black" ,
     "orange" ,
     "darkGreen" ,
     "teal" ,
     "tan" ,
     "brown" ,
     "violet" ,
     "gold" ,
     "darkBlue" ,
     "pink" ,
     "lavender" ,
     "brickRed" ,
     "oliveGreen" ,
     "peach" ,
     "burgundy" ,
     "grassGreen" ,
     "ochre" ,
     "purple" ,
     "lightGray" ,
     "charcoal" ,
     "gridBlue" ,
     "gridOrange" ,
     "fiesta" ,
     "lightOlive" ,
     "lipstick" ,
     "cuteTeal" ,
     "sulphur" ,
     "gridGreen" ,
     "white" ]
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
var myDialog = app.dialogs.add({name:"Select Color"});
with(myDialog.dialogColumns.add()){
   staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"Choose a color for the active layer."});
   var myDropdown = dropdowns.add( {stringList:myLayerColorMenuArray, selectedIndex:0} )
var myResult = myDialog.show();
var myIndex = myDropdown.selectedIndex;
if(myResult == true){
   myDoc.layoutWindows[0].activeLayer.layerColor = eval('UIColors.' + myInDesignUIColorArray[myIndex]);
else{
   alert("You clicked the Cancel button.");
myDialog.destroy();

Flash 5.5 on Lion crashing when choosing a color from color palette?

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