prettynsick posted on
coloring_help wanted some help creating the coloring found in the image on the the left below, so this is my attempt (on the right) to get that type of coloring. I failed a bit at it, but it's somewhat close.
Original (by
Maizie)Mine
1. Duplicate the base and set it to screen at 20%
2. Make a curves layer with the following points:
RGB: 56,44; 211,219
Red: 39,46; 94,128; 170,194; 226,243
Green: 43,46; 226,225
Blue: 33,39; 222,234
3. Start a new color fill layer. Set it as Exclusion 100% with the color: #626569.
4. Duplicate the base again and set it at Soft Light 100%.
5. Duplicate the base again and set it at Multiply 40%.
6. Duplicate the base again and set it at Multiply 20%.
7. Make a new selective color layer with the following settings:
R: -100, 6, 6, 8
Y: 7, 14, 8, 9
G: 11, 1, 7, 4
C: 9, 8, 1, 0
N: -6, 14, 14, 0
8. Make a new curves layer with the following settings:
RGB: 62,106; 225,199
9. Make a new Hue/Saturation layer with the following settings:
Master: 20
Reds: 3 (322°/352° | 22°\52°)
Reds 2: 1 (323°/353° | 23°\53°)
Reds 3: -5 (335°/5° | 35°\65°)
10. Make a color fill layer. Set it for Multiply 100% with the following color: #c2c6c7.
11. Duplicate the base again and set it for Screen 40%.
12. Make a new Selective Color layer with the following points:
R: -45,21,10,100
Y: -1, 10, -100, -100
G: 0, 1, 0, 0
C: 100, -10, 1, -2
B: 0, 100, -1, 100
M: -100, 100, -100, 67
W: 0, 10, 2, -10
N: 2, -2, -1, -20
Black: 10, 100, 100, 100
13. Duplicate the Base and set it at Soft Light 60%.
14. Duplicate the Base and set it at Soft Light 40%.
15. Make a Gradient Fill layer with the following settings:
Blend mode: Color
Opacity 50%
Color Fill 60%
Linear (-90°)
#aba4a0 (Opacity 1: 100; Opacity 2: 0)
16. Make a Gradient Map and set it for Darken 100%.
The colors for this level are:
1: c08469
2: c8c6c7
17. Duplicate the Base and set it for Soft Light 50%.
18. Make a Photo Filter layer and set it at Blue 23%.
19. Make a Hue/Saturation layer with the following settings. (All of the following are saturation layers, except where noted.)
Master: 10
Reds: 10 (305°/335° | 5°\35°)
Reds 2: -10 (301°/331° | 1°\31°)
Yellows: -21 (347°/17° | 47°\77°)
Magentas: -4 (242°/272° | 302°\332°)
Reds 3: 30 (306°/336deg; | 6°\36°)
Magentas 2: Hue: 10, Sat: -50, Lightness: -70 (236°/266° | 296°\326°)
20. Duplicate the Base again and set it for Overlay 20%.
21. Make a Gradient Fill with the following settings: Radial
97.13°
Scale: 89%
Color: #a858a8
Opacity 1: 100
Opacity 2: 0
22. Make a new Photo Filter layer and set it for Deep Emerald 10%.