I explained more about the difference between them in this post: Raster, vector, png. RGB codes are more commonly used (you can even find them in Microsoft Word!). It’ll tell you the 6 digit hex code (in the image below it’s 78efbe) and the RGB code (for the green color in the image below, the RGB code is 120, 239, 190). Now click the color tool (the square that shows what colors you’ve selected that’s in the bottom left hand corner of your screen in Photoshop): It helps to zoom in by pressing CTRL and the + sign on your keyboard. Now click on the photo at the spot where you want to extract the color. If you right click it will bring up more design tools and the eye dropper tool will be there. Whenever you see a little arrow in the bottom right hand corner it means there’s a secondary menu. If you’re not seeing the eye dropper icon you may have one of the other tools selected. ![]() Select the eyedropper tool from Photoshop’s menu. Use the eyedropper tool to find the color You don’t want to have increase the size of the image as it will reduce the image quality and make it blurry.Ĥ. So keep this in mind if you want to use a photo as part of your design then use text and other elements that are color matched to that photo. If you do bring the image into a template you’ve created, note that the image will automatically be re-sized to suit the size of the template you’re using. You don’t need to create a new file/canvas, you can bring your photo straight into Photoshop. ![]() Once you’ve opened up Photoshop (if you don’t have the software already you can download it here), you’ll want to locate where the image is saved on your computer, left click the image, then drag it with your mouse over Photoshop, then let go of your mouse to drop/place it. If you’re not following me on Pinterest already, click here! Color swatches used in specific products I’ve designed.Ombre (different shades of the one shade of the same color).I have a folder with color inspiration and because I have so many pretty colors I want to use in future designs, I’ve created sub-folders as well for: To save an image on your computer, right click on the image and choose ‘save as’ then save it wherever you like on your computer. Need some places to find pretty colors? My 5 Favourite Color Tools for Graphic Designĭesign Seeds is my go to resource for color schemes I may not have thought of! They have some serious eye candy for graphic designers □ 2. So basically what I’m trying to say it you can do this trick with any photo whether it’s one of your own or from a picture you’ve seen on the internet (landscape and scenic pictures such as sunsets are also great color inspiration) you can take a photo of it then upload to your computer (or email it to yourself from your phone) or use the photo from the store you purchased it from’s website. You might have also purchased a pretty notebook and want to make some coordinating stationery or add a monogram label to the cover to personalise it etc. Usually when I’m searching one of my favorite places to find color inspiration, I’ll come across a picture with some really pretty colors. To enlarge the screen of the video, click the square icon in the bottom right hand corner of the video (it will say ‘full screen’ when you hover your mouse over the icon).įor more tutorials, check out the free graphic design video tutorials library and subscribe to my YouTube Channel! 1. If you don’t have Photoshop, you can purchase and download it here (my affiliate link). If you make a purchase after clicking one of these links I’ll receive a small commission (at no extra cost to you) in exchange for referring you. Always on a copy or copy layer.If you’ve seen a pretty shade of pink, blue, green, purple or any (literally any) color and want to use it in a design – whether you’re making a pattern, a label or a printable, there’s a quick and easy way to find out the exact shade of that color in Photoshop. I suppose what I’m looking for is a way to reduce color noise without introducing colored fringes, or a hue/saturation that goes after color component not just absolute color.īTW, this experience is what taught me to never, ever, work directly on the original. The real problem I suppose is color noise, but that is also a fact of life. I’m talking print reproduction file sizes 2 to 3000 pixels wide. Because of the luminance shift in RGB mode, the images looked grainy. Then after a while I noticed that some of those pictures looked incredibly grainy, and zooming in (and a little experimenting) revealed the culprit: In a given area, hue/saturation had picked some pixels but not all. Using levels or curves would fix that, but mess up the other colors, so I started using hue/saturation. ![]() The reason I got into this is that I had a scanner that would give very good color balance, except for the greens, which would be shifted significantly towards cyan.
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