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Changing the colour in a standard B & W Logo


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I'm very embarrassed that I haven't been able to figure this out for some reason and it's thoroughly annoying. :banghead: I have this logo, all I would like to do is simply change the white segments of said logo into purple for a banner I'm designing for an organisation. Seems simple enough, yea? For whatever reason, when I open 'Replace Colour' nothing I seem to do there will allow me to alter my image to anything but different shades of grey and white. When this image was sent to me, my PSC5 opened it into "Grayscale" mode, and I changed into RGB mode. It seems simple enough, and I'm sure the solution to this problem is under my nose. If anyone could kindly suggest to me what I'm doing wrong, that'd be great.
 

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Try Select|Color Range to get a selection on the white and then a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer.
Set Hue/Saturation to Colorize and lower the lightness to around -50 to start, then play with the sliders to get the color you want.
 
Holding CRTL click on any color chanell in chanell panel...for example Blue.
Selection will apear.
Then go Layer/New fill Layer/Solid Color and pick any color want. After that delete Backgroud layer (or not).

Thats all.
 
Apparently I'm doing something wrong. Or maybe there's something wrong with the image file. Cannot express my frustration, I've been messing with this for about 3 hours and I have a descent amount of PS experience.

Steve: I tried your method and for some reason no colours were added to this image, only a darker or lighter shade of black, much like the problem ive been having with "Replace Colour"

SeniorS: This was the closest I got, however the image file was turned all purple when I tried to mess with the opacity. I need just the white segment purple, with the black remaining the same. refer to screen shot
 

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Thats becouse you haven't make selection.
1. Open that file.
2. Open Chanells panel (Windows/Chanells).
3. Holding CTRL click on Blue.
That will make selection. Then make that SolidColor.
 
Use a Selective Color adjustment layer (am I the only one who ever uses this?). Select white from the dropdown list and adjust to get the color you want. No selecting necessary:



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I disagree a little Steve :)

All are little diferent by efficient and dificulty. Like mine are most complicated but one of the most effective ( i praise myself, who else will :bustagut:). Becouse 1. can easly (by removing origin layer) make it transparent. 2. Pantone can be used (which are total unnecesary but still). By Steve's and hawkeye's no pantone and get specific color are little tricky. idad's and dv8_fx are most easy and panthone can be used (not sure about iDad's method but i think it can be). Plain layers filled with color just blendingmoding needed.
 
LoL...i think i found 7th way. So listen its easy :D

1. Change colormode to Greyscale.
2. Invert color (CTRL+I).
3. Change colormode to Duotone. Choose type: Monotone and pick color you need.
Done.

:bustagut::bustagut::bustagut:
 
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As SenioS suggested......

Here's another way.... clipping mask...

With the magic wand tool set at 32, select white of logo and copy to new layer. Create new layer above logo copy and fill with desired color.... Hold down ALT + click heavy line between logo copy layer and fill layer..... flatten

prplelogo2.jpg

viola.... suggestion #7.....

Aren't we over doing it?..... lol
 
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