Mix Your Own Colors

You can mix your own colors.

Here are some examples of colors.

	Dark Red		Goldenrod		Dark Olive Green		Light Sky Blue
Red	139		218		85		135
Green	0		165		107		206
Blue	0		32		47		250

Enter the values in the Color Picker window.

If you haven't already done so, go to Color Picking.

For more colors, go to Color Samples.

How to Lighten & Darken a Color

If you want to make a color lighter, increase each number by the same amount.

For example, 20 was added to the red, blue, and green values for Steel Blue, to make a lighter version of the color.

To make a color darker, decrease each number by the same amount.

Here, 20 was subtracted from the red, blue, and green values for Steel Blue, to make a darker version of the color.

	Lighter Version		Steel Blue		Darker Version
Red	90		70		50
Green	150		130		110
Blue	200		180		160

How to Tweak a Color

To change a color, add or subtract from one or two of the numbers.

For example, Steel Blue was made more aqua by adding 40 green.

30 Red was added to make it more purple.

	Green Added		Steel Blue		Red Added
Red	70		70		100
Green	170		130		130
Blue	180		180		180

You can use the Color Picker to choose colors, as well.

With it, you can change the saturation of a color, too.

If you haven't already done so, go to Color Picking.

The next section described how you can create lith prints and albumen prints with Photoshop Elements.

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