# PhotoshopElements

# Replace colors in an image

The Color Replacement tool simplifies replacing specific colors in your image. You can paint over a targeted color—for example, a yellow flower in an image—with a different color, like red. You can also use the Color Replacement tool to correct colors.

Use the Sample Once option to click on an area and replace the color (top). Sample the background and use the Background Swatch option to replace the color of the background (bottom).

1. Select the Color Replacement tool . (The Color Replacement tool is nested under the Brush tool .)
2. Choose a brush tip from the Brush menu in the options bar. For Mode, generally, you’ll want to keep the blending mode set to Color.
3. Click one of the following Sampling options:
   Continuous
     Samples colors continuously as you drag.

   Once
     Replaces the targeted color only in areas containing the color that you first click.

   Background Swatch
     Erases only areas containing the current background color.

4. For Limits, choose one of the following:
   Discontiguous
     Replaces the sampled color wherever it occurs under the pointer.

   Contiguous
     Replaces colors that are contiguous with the color immediately under the pointer.

5. For Tolerance, specify a low percentage to replace colors very similar to the pixel you click, or raise the percentage to replace a broader range of colors.
6. To give a smooth edge to the areas you correct, select Anti-alias.
7. Choose a foreground color to use to replace the unwanted color.
8. Click the color you want to replace in the image.
9. Drag within the image to replace the targeted color.

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