Color Balance

The Color Balance effect changes the amount of red, green, and blue color in a layer. The center point of each slider is neutral and indicates no change. A setting of -100 removes all of the color; a setting of +100 intensifies the color. The layer's quality setting does not affect Color Balance.

The Shadow/Midtone/Hilight channel Balance controls specify the amount of a channel's color in the darker, middle, and lighter color intensity ranges of a layer. Preserve Luminosity preserves the average brightness of the image while changing the color. This control maintains the tonal balance in the image.


Original (left), with Shadow Red values increased and Shadow Green values decreased (center), and with Shadow, Midtone, and Hilight values decreased for red and green (right)