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Posted on 26/07/17 08:37:36 AM
Steve Caplin
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Re: color issues
I think Gordon could be right - you may just be picking up stray pixels of the wrong colour. But it is very odd that you should get radically different colours to what you want, though.

Posted on 26/07/17 10:07:16 AM
GKB
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Re: color issues
I see your problem now. In each sample of wool there is a tremendous variation in colour and shading. By using a point sample you are selecting a single pixel to establish the colour. Moving the eye dropper literally one pixel has the potential to give you a completely different shade.

In this case it would probably be best to zoom in to the shade you want to pick up and use the eye dropper at 3x3 or 5x5.

Because there is no single definable colour in any of the samples you will have to accept something that is the nearest approximation to what you want and then tweak it from there.

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Posted on 26/07/17 3:40:32 PM
Emy
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Re: color issues
Thank you guys, I will try it later today. Can you please put color in the waves to see how it looks when you do it?


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Posted on 26/07/17 5:19:43 PM
GKB
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Re: color issues
I didn't colour the waves as you requested but what I have done is try to illustrate the problem using just the darker wool sample and try to show the differences that you will get when trying to sample colours from a textured sample with different shadings.

The eye dropper was set on 5x5 average sample size and the wool was sampled at five different locations at the tip of each arrow.

As you can see there is a tremendous colour variation within this one piece of wool, ranging from light blues through to shades of purple. I could colour the waves a dozen times and get a different result every time.

As I said in my previous post it would probably be best to zoom in to the shade you want to pick up and use the eye dropper at 3x3 or 5x5 until you get the shade that you want. Because there is no single definable colour in any of the samples you will have to accept something that is the nearest approximation to what you want and then tweak it from there. The sampling positions were entirely random. From a practical point of view it actually doesn't matter, in this instance, which sampling size you use as there will always be a sizeable colour variation.







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Posted on 26/07/17 11:21:59 PM
Emy
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Re: color issues
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GKB wrote:
I didn't colour the waves as you requested but what I have done is try to illustrate the problem using just the darker wool sample and try to show the differences that you will get when trying to sample colours from a textured sample with different shadings.

The eye dropper was set on 5x5 average sample size and the wool was sampled at five different locations at the tip of each arrow.

As you can see there is a tremendous colour variation within this one piece of wool, ranging from light blues through to shades of purple. I could colour the waves a dozen times and get a different result every time.

As I said in my previous post it would probably be best to zoom in to the shade you want to pick up and use the eye dropper at 3x3 or 5x5 until you get the shade that you want. Because there is no single definable colour in any of the samples you will have to accept something that is the nearest approximation to what you want and then tweak it from there. The sampling positions were entirely random. From a practical point of view it actually doesn't matter, in this instance, which sampling size you use as there will always be a sizeable colour variation.




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Ohhhh..I see.....Thank you so much guys for the thorough explanation!! . I am glad I ask you both.

Thanks again





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Posted on 29/07/17 08:14:17 AM
Nick Curtain
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Re: color issues
The method I have used is to copy the layer and draw a selection, either round or square, over the colour I want. Then go to Filter / Blur / Average. You then use the eyedropper to pick the colour and if a slight change is needed, then Hue / Sat or Levels can achieve that.
Nick


Posted on 29/07/17 3:40:39 PM
Kathryn
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Re: color issues
There are many ways to create color schemes/Themes and to recolor.

Often times I start by creating colors on the fly by using a source image, cut a small sample, scale larger, then Filter>Pixelate>Mosaic. Larger view.
Tile the two files, then use the Eyedropper between the two files.
Go from there . . .

The Eyedropper Tool is your friend here with all Adobe applications.
For example, Illustrator and InDesign, you can specify exactly which attributes to pickup and not.

RE: Color Themes:
Also this link maybe helpful. (copy and paste link)
https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/resources/color-palette-generators

Kathryn






Posted on 30/07/17 01:50:36 AM
Emy
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Re: color issues
Nick Curtain wrote:
The method I have used is to copy the layer and draw a selection, either round or square, over the colour I want. Then go to Filter / Blur / Average. You then use the eyedropper to pick the colour and if a slight change is needed, then Hue / Sat or Levels can achieve that.
Nick


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Thank you Nick, great idea


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Posted on 30/07/17 01:52:24 AM
Emy
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Re: color issues
Kathryn wrote:
There are many ways to create color schemes/Themes and to recolor.

Often times I start by creating colors on the fly by using a source image, cut a small sample, scale larger, then Filter>Pixelate>Mosaic. Larger view.
Tile the two files, then use the Eyedropper between the two files.
Go from there . . .

The Eyedropper Tool is your friend here with all Adobe applications.
For example, Illustrator and InDesign, you can specify exactly which attributes to pickup and not.

RE: Color Themes:
Also this link maybe helpful. (copy and paste link)
https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/resources/color-palette-generators

Kathryn






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Thank you so much Kathryn, I will check your link right now.




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