Make photos and other design elements come alive with a pop of color. In Adobe InDesign, infuse your black-and-white layout with a single custom color.
What you'll need
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Open a layout or use our sample files. We’ve added frames as image placeholders in our layout, so all you have to do is to fill them with 8-bit black-and-white images.
Click Import File in the Properties panel and press Shift to select multiple images. You’ll get a place gun that shows the number of loaded images. Click inside a frame to drop an image in it; repeat for all frames.
Now you’ll create a custom color swatch to colorize elements in your layout. In the Swatches panel, choose New Color Swatch from the panel options. Select a color book and add one or more colors — they’re automatically added to the Swatches panel.
We explored a few color options to find one that suited our imagery.
It couldn’t be easier to apply a color to your art. Simply click a frame to view the Content Grabber, and then click a custom color swatch in the Swatches panel.
See how adding a bold blast of color brought depth and personality to our artwork.
Now you can change the mood of black-and-white photos with a color tint.
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Adobe Stock contributors: georgejmclittle, kondrukhov, Ofek, Melinda Nagy
