In this tutorial were going to talk about matching specific colors in Photoshop using the LAB color mode.
For example you may have a client who wants to match the pantone color of an object to the color that represents their company branding.
To do the color match we’ll convert the image into the Lab color mode, and make the color match with the Curves Adjustment layer.
If you’re not comfortable with curves then don’t worry! I will also show you a method using the Hue/Saturation Adjustment layer
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Jeremy says
May 18, 2015 at 6:43 pmHi Jesús, thanks for all your great tutorials, I really enjoy them. I’m having a bit of a problem with this one. When I go to the curves window to select the colour values I don’t get any output values showing, the box remains blank. I follow exactly what you do step by step, but it remains empty. Any suggestion appreciated. Many thanks Jeremy
Photoshop Training Channel says
May 18, 2015 at 9:00 pmJeremy,
What version of Photoshop are you in? Also, if you could, can you send me a screenshot? I’m not sure what could be causing this issue and maybe this info would help.
Thanks!
yannick says
May 19, 2015 at 12:57 amthank you for this tutorial it’s really helpful
Photoshop Training Channel says
May 20, 2015 at 3:05 pmYou’re welcome!
Sam says
July 19, 2015 at 12:01 pmAmazing tips . Thanks a lot .
Do you have any suggestion for working on nails ? Recently i am working on nail polish project and i have to changed the single photo of nails to may different colors which is nightmare but i guess this tip will help me a lot .
Best regards
Sam
Photoshop Training Channel says
July 27, 2015 at 4:17 pmI don’t. I would need to look at the actual pictures and think about it for a bit.
Lor says
September 15, 2016 at 4:49 amHy Jesus! you are a genius!!
Is it possible to get this video in spanish?? Or perhaps spanish subtitles, Some times in the video i can´t understand what you say so it did not work for me…
I really need to learn this way to work
Thank you
Lor from Argentina
Photoshop Training Channel says
November 27, 2016 at 3:54 pmThank you, Lor.
I’m not sure if I will do that. It takes way too much time to translate it all. And I am way too busy as it is. The YouTube videos have English subtitles. I hope that they help.
Lor says
September 15, 2016 at 3:08 pmHy may I do this (curves editing mode) in PS cs4?? i am trying and trying but does not work. 🙁
Photoshop Training Channel says
November 27, 2016 at 3:52 pmLor, I don’t recall what the options on CS4 are. I’m not sure if you can.