Can I select black in B&W drawing and change it to red?

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Nanner_Morris
Aug 3, 2004
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This seemed obvious to me when I thought to do it, but I’m not having any success. I have a black and white line drawing and want to select all the ‘black’ and change it to another color, and perhaps do the same with the white as well. I can select all the black, but can’t seem to figure out how to change the color of my selection…

Any help would be greatly appreciated…
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dave_milbut
Aug 3, 2004
add a hue/saturation adjustment layer and check the colorize box. turning up the lightness slider a bit will enable you to manipulate the black with the hue and sat. sliders.
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George_Austin
Aug 3, 2004
After selecting the black, Edit > Fill with foreground (set to red)
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LenHewitt
Aug 3, 2004
Nanner,

A Third way of doing it.

From the levels palette set the OUTPUT shadow slider toward the centre so the black becomes grey. Then use Hue/Saturation to colourize to suit
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John_Joslin
Aug 3, 2004
Nobody stated the obvious. Your file might not be in a colour mode.

MENU -> Image -> Mode -> RGB Color

Sorry about the spelling – not my fault
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Fred_Nirque
Aug 3, 2004
nodding and polite applause from the rest of the English speaking world…………..

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