Using the Color Replacement tool

The Color Replacement tool simplifies replacing specific colors in your image. You can paint over a targeted color--for example, a person's red eyes in an image--with a corrective color.

Note: The Color Replacement tool doesn't work in images in Bitmap, Indexed, or Multichannel color modes.


Red eyes repaired using the Color Replacement tool

To use the Color Replacement tool:

1. Select the Color Replacement tool .
2. Choose a brush tip in the options bar. Generally, you'll want to keep the blending mode set to Color (see Setting options for painting and editing tools).
3. For the Sampling option, choose one of the following:
• Continuous to sample colors continuously as you drag
• Once to replace the targeted color only in areas containing the color that you first click
• Background Swatch to erase only areas containing the current background color
4. For the Limits option, select one of the following:
• Discontiguous to replace the sampled color wherever it occurs under the pointer
• Contiguous to replace colors that are contiguous with the color immediately under the pointer
• Find Edges to replace connected areas containing the sampled color while better preserving the sharpness of shape edges
5. For tolerance, enter a percentage value (ranging from 0 to 255) or drag the slider. Choose a low percentage to replace colors very similar to the pixel you click, or raise the percentage to replace a broader range of colors.
6. To define a smooth edge to the areas you correct, select Anti-aliased.
7. Choose a foreground color to use to replace the unwanted color.
8. Click the color you want to replace in the image.
9. Drag in the image to replace the targeted color.