TUTORIAL ARTICLE

Beginner

4 min

How to adjust photo color with Hue/Saturation

Control color saturation in your photos.

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What you learned

Know the properties of color you can adjust with Hue/Saturation

A Hue/Saturation adjustment layer lets you change one or more properties of color in a photo. The Hue slider changes actual color; the Saturation slider adjusts the intensity of color; and the Lightness slider makes colors lighter or darker.

Change color globally

Change the hue, saturation and/or lightness of all the colors in a photo using the Hue/Saturation sliders.

Change a specific color

Adjust the hue, saturation and/or lightness of a particular color by choosing that color from a dropdown menu before dragging the Hue/Saturation adjustment sliders. This changes the selected color throughout your photo.

Change a specific color on-canvas

With the On-Image Adjustment tool activated, you can work directly on the canvas to change the saturation or hue of a particular color wherever that color appears in your photo.

Now you know how to change multiple properties of color in your photos!


Instruction by

Jan Kabili

Adobe Stock Contributor

Mirko Vitali

19 April 2023

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