How do you make a black and white photo have colour on Photoshop?

Answer 1

3 ways 1. Make a duo/tri/quad tone under image>mode>duotone 2. Make you color scale RGB. (image>mode>RGB) then go to image>adjustments>hue/saturation, check colorize in the pop up window (bottom right) adjust sliders to desired color. 3. If you wan to get fancy you can actually paint color onto a pic. Change image mode to RGB. Make new layers, one for each color used, over the picture and begin to paint. Set the layer style from normal to color. This is tricky but once you get the hang of it can be done really nice. hope this helps.

Answer 2

I like to use the Channel Mixer to convert my images to black and white in Photoshop. To do this, select New Adjustment Layer in the Layer pulldown menu, then select Channel Mixer. Change the numbers to 44 Red, 33 Green and 30 Blue. You must also select Monochrome at the bottom left corner of the menu.

An easier way to do so is to go to Image>Adjustments>Desaturate, one more way would be to Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation and drag the "saturation" bar to the left.

Answer 3

The following should work in most versions of Photoshop. (All that I have used.)

The easier way to accomplish this is to make the entire photo one color scheme. (This makes all the colors in the photo, range from; white, one selected color, to black).

To do this, have your image open in Photoshop. Create a new layer. Select what color you'd like to make the image, in your color menu. Go to Edit>Fill A window will pop up. (Use: Foreground Color, Blending Normal, Opacity: 100%) Then press okay. The canvas will turn completely that color. In your layer's menu, there is a drop-down menu that currently says "Normal" change this to either Overlay, Screen, or Multiply. Depending on the lighting in the picture one will look better.

What you're probably looking to turn the picture to a modern color photo, this is more difficult, but possible. It's done in a similar way, but instead of filling the entire canvas with a color, make a selection (The dotted lines or marching ants found in most drawing programs) with the magnetic lasso (found by clicking and holding the normal lasso tool and selecting the one labeled "magnetic lasso").

Learn to use the tool through a tutorial if you need more help.

Again, on a new layer fill with the desired color, change the blending mode (see first link) to Overlay, Multiply, or Screen. Continue with different colors until desired amount is colored.

Answer 4

You have to create two layers. Copy and paste the part you want to keep in color on the upper layer. Transform the bottom layer to b&w and you have your image.