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The basic Color tool provides color controls to adjust red, green, and blue color levels as well as contrast, hue, and saturation. For more information about color, hue, and saturation, see the Understanding Basic Image Editing Tools topic.

To set the color options:

1. | From the Tools menu, click Basic.

2. | In the drop-down menu, click Color.

3. | To adjust the intensity of the red tones in the image:

o | Move the Red slider to the left to decrease or to the right to increase the red tones.

o | To reset the red tone to its original value, click the Red button.

1. | To adjust the intensity of the green tones in the image:

o | Move the Green slider to the left to decrease (or to the right to increase) the green tones.

o | To reset the green tone to its original value, click the Green button.

1. | To adjust the intensity of the blue tones in the image:

o | Move the Blue slider to the left to decrease (or to the right to increase) the blue tones.

o | To reset the blue tone to its original value, click the Blue button.

1. | To adjust the color hues:

o | Move the Hue slider to the left or right to change the colors in the image. The slider behaves as if it is circling a color wheel so that the -100 and +100 values represent the same color palette.

o | To reset the color hues to the original values, click the Hue button.

1. | To adjust the saturation of the colors in the image:

o | Move the Sat slider to the left to decrease the color saturation in the image. A value of -100 removes all color to create a black and white image. A value of +100 increases color saturation to the highest level.

o | To reset the color saturation to its original levels, click the Sat button.

1. | To adjust the contrast between colors in the image:

o | Move the Contrast slider to the left to decrease the contrast between colors. Move the slider to the right to increase the contrast between colors.

o | To reset the contrast to its original levels, click the Cont button.

1. | To adjust the vibrance of colors in the image:

o | Move the Vibrance slider to the left to decrease the vibrance of the image. Move the slider to the right to increase the vibrance.

o | To reset the vibrance to its original levels, click the Vibrance button.

Related Topics

Understanding Basic Image Editing Tools

Understanding Advanced Image Editing Tools