Coloring Tutorial - Soft Cyan with Light Yellow Layer

Let's learn another coloring tutorial for your image - soft cyan with a light shade of yellow on the image. Icons below are made in Photoshop CS2. PSD file for this tutorial is included at the bottom of this post.




1. Open your image. Duplicate this layer. Set it to screen.

2. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Selective Color. Apply these settings:
Reds: -80, 0, 7, 0
Yellows: 7, 0, -20, 0
Neutrals: 10, 0, 7, 0

3. Create another Selective Color layer. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Selective Color. Apply these settings:
Reds: -40, 0, 0, -5
Yellows: 0, 0, -20, 0
Neutrals: 7, -5, -5, 0

4. And another Selective Color layer. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Selective Color. Apply these settings:
Reds: -33, 0, 2, 16
Yellows: 0, 0, -12, 0
Neutrals: 10, -3, -5, 0

5. Another Selective Color layer...I promise you this is the last one. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Selective Color. Apply these settings:
Reds: -15, 0, 5, 0
Yellows: 8, 5, -25, 0
Neutrals: 10, -7, -8, 5

6. Go to Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color. Pick this color #02022d (a really dark blue) and set this layer to Exclusion.

7. As a final touch up, take a look at your image. If it's too dark, see step 1 and duplicate your image one more time and set the duplicate image to screen. If it's too bright, duplicate your image one more time and set it to soft light. You can adjust the opacity of these duplicate images if needed.

Download PSD file for this tutorial

PSD file is nice but Action file will simplify your life even more. Achieve this coloring effect with just one click in Photoshop. Download the action file below and read a short instruction @ How to Use the Icon Coloring Action File

Download: Action (.atn) file for this coloring tutorial