After you learn color management and color adjustment, take the next step - learn color theory. Painters have been using it for centuries, now photographers can too. Color theory reveals the essentials of color interaction. Once you know them, you’ll see a whole new world of color possibilities. Photoshop is the best tool to learn about color theory and how to apply it. Discover quick techniques for analyzing color relationships in any image. Explore effective strategies for structuring color relationships. Rediscover the color palettes the masters have used and learn to use them yourself. Identify your personal color preferences and refine your color style so that your work will have an even greater impact.

1. Understand simultaneous contrast
2. Enhance gradation
3. Use the impacts of scale and proportion on appearance
4. Simulate the appearance of transparency
5. Create the effects of lustre, iridescence, and pearlescence
6. Define and refine your personal palette

lecture/demonstration
any level
.5-1 hour recommended