Apply a Hue/Saturation adjustment

1. Do one of the following:

Click the Hue/Saturation icon

Adjustments panel.

(CS5) Click a Hue/Saturation preset in the

Adjustments panel.

in the

Choose Layer > New Adjustment Layer >

Hue/Saturation. Click OK in the New Layer
dialog box.
The two color bars in the dialog box represent the
colors in their order on the color wheel. The upper
color bar shows the color before the adjustment;
the lower bar shows how the adjustment affects
all of the hues at full saturation.
Note:
You can also choose Image > Adjustments >
Hue/Saturation. But keep in mind that this
method makes direct adjustments to the image
layer and discards image information.
2. In the Adjustments panel (CS5) or the Properties
panel (CS6), choose from the menu to the right of
the On-image adjustment tool

Choose Master to adjust all colors at once.

Choose one of the other preset color

ranges listed for the color you want to
adjust. To modify the color range,
see Specify the range of colors adjusted
using Hue/Saturation.
(CS6) Choose a Hue/Saturation preset from
the Preset menu.

3. For Hue, enter a value or drag the slider until you are satisfied
with the colors.
The values displayed in the box reflect the
number of degrees of rotation around the wheel
from the original color of the pixel. A positive
value indicates clockwise rotation; a negative
value, counterclockwise rotation. Values can
range from -180 to +180.

Color wheel
A. Saturation B. Hue
You can also select the On-image adjustment
tool
in the Adjustments panel (CS5) or the
Properties panel (CS6), and then Ctrl-click
(Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) a color in
the image. Drag left or right in the image to
modify the hue value.
4. For Saturation, enter a value or drag the slider to the right to
increase the saturation or to the left to decrease it.
The color shifts away from or toward the center of
the color wheel. Values can range from -100
(percentage of desaturation, duller colors) to
+100 (percentage of saturation increase).
You can also , select the On-image adjustment
tool
in the Adjustments panel (CS5) or the
Properties panel (CS6), and click a color in the
image. Drag left or right in the image to decrease
or increase saturation of the color range that
includes the pixel you clicked.
5. For Lightness, enter a value or drag the slider to the right to
increase the lightness (add white to a color) or to the left to
decrease it (add black to a color). Values can range from -100
(percentage of black) to +100 (percentage of white).
Note:
Click the Reset button
to undo a Hue/Saturation setting in the
Adjustments panel (CS5) or the Properties panel (CS6).

Specify the range of colors adjusted using

Hue/Saturation
1. Apply a Hue/Saturation adjustment.
2. In the Adjustments panel (CS5) or the Properties
panel (CS6), choose a color from the menu to the
right of the On-image adjustment button

Four color wheel values (in degrees) appear in the

Adjustments panel (CS5) or the Properties panel
(CS6). They correspond to the adjustment sliders
that appear between the color bars. The two
inner vertical sliders define the color range. The
two outer triangle sliders show where the
adjustments on a color range fall off (fall-of is a
feathering or tapering of the adjustments instead
of a sharply defined on/off application of the
adjustments).
3. Use either the eyedropper tools or the adjustment sliders to
modify the range of colors.

Click or drag in the image with the

Eyedropper tool
to select a color range.
To expand the range, click or drag in the
image with the Add To Sample Eyedropper
tool
. To reduce the range of color, click
or drag in the image with the Subtract
From Sample Eyedropper tool
. While an
eyedropper tool is selected, you can also
press Shift to add to the range, or Alt
(Windows) or Option (Mac OS) to subtract
from it.

Drag one of the white triangle sliders to

adjust the amount of color fall-off
(feathering of adjustment) without
affecting the range.

Drag the area between the triangle and

the vertical bar to adjust the range without
affecting the amount of fall-off.

Drag the center area to move the entire

adjustment slider (which includes the
triangles and vertical bars) to select a
different color area.

Drag one of the vertical white bars to

adjust the range of the color component.
Moving a vertical bar from the center of
the adjustment slider and closer to a
triangle increases the color range and
decreases the fall-off. Moving a vertical bar
closer to the center of the adjustment
slider and away from a triangle decreases
the color range and increases the fall-off.

Ctrl-drag (Windows) or Command-drag

(Mac OS) the color bar so that a different
color is in the center of the bar.

Hue/Saturation adjustment slider

A. Hue slider values B. Adjusts fall-of without afecting
range C. Adjusts range without afecting fall-of D. Adjusts
range of color and fall-of E. Moves entire slider
If you modify the adjustment slider so that it falls
into a different color range, the name in the Edit
menu changes to reflect this change. For
example, if you choose Yellow and alter its range
so that it falls in the red part of the color bar, the
name changes to Red 2. You can convert up to six
of the individual color ranges to varieties of the
same color range (for example, Red through
Red 6).
By default, the range of color selected when you
choose a color component is 30 wide, with 30 of
fall-off on either side. Setting the fall-off too low
can produce banding in the image.

Colorize a grayscale image or create a monotone effect

1. (Optional) If you are colorizing a grayscale image,
choose Image > Mode > RGB Color to convert the
image to RGB.
2. Apply a Hue/Saturation adjustment.
3. In the Adjustments panel (CS5) or the Properties
panel (CS6), select the Colorize option. If the
foreground color is black or white, the image is
converted to a red hue (0). If the foreground
color is not black or white, the image is converted
to the hue of the current foreground color. The
lightness value of each pixel does not change.

4. (Optional) Use the Hue slider to select a new color. Use the
Saturation and Lightness sliders to adjust the saturation and
lightness of the pixels.