Introduction
While the technique is a bit over-used, it can be appropriate in some cases, and is a good tool to have in your bag of tricks. A small dab of color in a grayscale photo instantly grabs the viewer's attention, which explains why black and white portraits with colorful eyes are so popular. The technique can help tame a colorful and distracting background, as in the example to the right. There were bright red and yellow spots in the bokeh ( out of focus background ) that competed with the flower for attention.
Sometimes the reverse is true; a photo works very well in color, but has a minor piece ( say, a leaf in the background ) that you'd like to de-emphasize.
This article will demonstrate how to create selective color images using Photoshop. The instructions below assume intermediate Photoshop knowledge: working with selections, layers, and masks.These skills aren't particularly difficult, though, and you can learn what you'll need for the task at hand from this video.
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