Color Tutorial: Soft Orange on the Skin and Lip

Get the soft orange color on the skin and lips with this simple coloring tutorial. PSD file is included with this tutorial to simplify your life even more. Sample icons with this coloring effect are shown below:





1. Open your image. Duplicate your image and set the duplicate layer to screen with 75% opacity. Later, after you're done with all the steps, you can adjust the opacity of this layer or even add another screen layer if the image is still too dark.

2. Next, go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation. In the Edit dropdown menu, pick your colors and adjust the settings to:

Note: Format (Color > Hue, Saturation, Lightness)
Reds > 3, 30, 0
Yellows > 0, 20, 0
Cyans > 0, 20, 0
Blue > 0, 40, 0

3. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Selective Color. Use the settings below:
Reds: -60, -20, 15, 0
Yellows: -100, 40, -50, 0
Cyans: 40, -10, 100, -30
Neutrals: 10, 10, 10, 0

4. Go to Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color. Choose this color #bbdde1 (light blue) and set this layer to Soft Light.

5. Go to Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color. Choose this color #d1e9f5 (another light blue) and set this layer to Color Burn.

6. Go to Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color. Choose this color #020518 (dark blue) and set this layer to Exclusion.

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