Chapter 5: Introducing Color

Overview

In This Chapter

• Understanding RGB color theory

• Viewing independent color channels

• Managing color in Photoshop

• Defining colors using the Color palette

• Selecting colors that will print

• Lifting colors from an image with the Eyedropper tool

• Matching color from one document to another

• Converting color images to grayscale

This chapter covers the basics of how color works in Photoshop. In order to understand how to use color in Photoshop, you’ll need to grasp some basic concepts related to working with color in imaging software. This chapter explains everything you need to know about color models and modes, and how they relate to the tasks you need to perform in Photoshop.

With the basics behind you, you also discover how to use color channels and the Channels Palette, how to choose color settings, how to set the foreground and background colors, how to define colors, how to use the Eyedropper tool, and how to work in grayscale (which used to be called good, old-fashioned black and white).