Correct color using color wheels

Use the color wheels in the Lumetri Color panel to make subtle color corrections in your shot. You can also quickly match color between different shots to make the overall look of your video consistent.

Color wheels allow you to make color adjustments to just the dark or light areas of a shot. The extra control can help you fix subtle problems in clips and add nuance to a look you are creating.

Premiere offers three color wheels to adjust midtones, shadows, and highlights. With the three-way color correction, you can adjust the brightness, hue, and saturation for shadows, midtones, and highlights independently.

You can adjust the shadow or highlight detail to brighten or darken areas in an otherwise well-lit clip. You can isolate the regions that need correction and apply these adjustments. Use the Midtone color wheel to adjust the clip's overall contrast.

Another option is to use the accompanying sliders instead of the wheels to make these adjustments.

Click the wheel to add color

Wheels with empty centres indicate that no adjustments have been made. Click in the middle of the wheel and drag the cursor to fill in the wheel and make adjustments as required.

Drag the slider to adjust color

To use the slider control, drag it up to increase the value or drag it down to decrease the value. For example, drag the Shadow slider up to lighten shadows, and drag the Highlights shadow down to darken highlights.