Freckles in colour shots

Bring out facial details in full colour

Can you do something similar in colour? Yes, of course you can! The difference is you use just the HSL part of the panel. If the whole panel opens, you’ll see 24 sliders. Don’t worry, you only need eight. Click on Luminance to gain control of just the brightness values of the photo. Think of Luminance as the colour equivalent of B&W. The critical slider to adjust in our example photo is Orange. While Red does play a part, darkening it can increase the redness in the skin – never a good idea. Turn down Orange. To improve skin, turn up Red. Again for the eyes, play with Yellow and Green. Green affects the shirt here, but it looks fine. Voilà: more freckles in colour.