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One of the down sides of working with a program as powerful as Photoshop is that new users often want to jump into things like advanced photo manipulations or designing an amazing website layout. Unfortunately, getting a firm grasp of the basics and fundamentals often gets overlooked by all of the cool things that you can learn to do.
Designers who want to be able to use Photoshop effectively will need to be able to master the fundamentals. Working with color is one of those things that you must learn to do effectively in Photoshop. In this post we’ll link to 13 tutorials that will help you to learn more about working with colors in Photoshop. If you’re already experienced with Photoshop, maybe some of these tutorials can serve as a refresher.
You may also be interested in our post Learn Photoshop.
Working with Swatches in Photoshop
Working with Colors and Establishing a Color Palette in Photoshop
Look Under the Hood: Photoshop Color Settings
Using Adobe Kuler to Enhance Your Photoshop Color Workflow
Digital Color Mixing in Photoshop
Colorize a Comic Strip with Photoshop
Color Correction Basics in Photoshop
Color Correction in Photoshop with the Curves Adjustment Tool
Add Ultra Realistic Colors to Any Gray-Scale Photo
Selective Color Photoshop Tutorial
For more Photoshop tutorials please see:
- Gadget Design Tutorials for Photoshop
- 30 Photoshop Tutorials for Amazing Lighting Effects
- 25 Photoshop Tutorials for Stunning Photo Manipulations
- 25 Photoshop Tutorials for Designing Abstract Backgrounds
- 25 Excellent Photoshop Texture Tutorials
You are 100% correct when you say that most people just jump into Photoshop trying to do the cool fun stuff. Learning colors may not be as impressive as photo manipulation, but, by doing so, you give yourself one of the the keys to becoming a great graphic designer.