

Select a low tolerance for more detail-oriented work or to be picky about isolating a very specific color. You can control how picky or particular this process is by altering the tolerance. How? It all depends on the tolerance level you choose. What is really great about Pixlr’s color replace tool is that you can “color outside the lines” in a seemingly sloppy way with a large brush, but your new color will still be applied within the lines. It takes a little more skill to change a more complex area, but you can accomplish it by separately changing the midtones, shadows, and highlights in a careful way to ensure your color change looks very realistic. It’s very easy to change the color of a flat area of color. You can re-sample your replacement color at any time and paint over those highlights with an appropriate color - which will again preserve the tone of that specific area. Consequently, as you paint you may notice that your highlights aren’t changing color. Any color you change will not affect the midtones, shadows, or highlights. So, if you prefer to watch a video, give this a look:Īn important detail to understand is that this tool will preserve the tone of the area you’re painting. While you can read this article to get all the details down, we made a video tutorial for this that covers the same ground. In this way, it ensures an even color change as you move your brush around because it is continuously sampling the area as you move your brush around.

It samples the pixels of the color immediately under your cursor and applies changes that are similar to that color within the radius of your brushstroke. Simply put, the tool will replace the original color with a color you choose. Hopefully, we can clear up any confusion. It’s a powerful but often misunderstood tool. There are lots of reasons to change a color, and this is one of Pixlr Editor‘s most popular tools. Maybe you want that photo of you as a teenager in your Sunday best to show you with a red scarf and not that ugly old brown one you can’t believe you wore back then. Maybe you want your photo of blueberries to become red berries.
