Sometimes when I come to modify pictures, and especially when creating layouts, I want to make the colour uniform, that is, I want the whole image to be that colour, with textures and tones not being changed. At first, I tried to overlay a layer filled with the color I want on top of the original picture or graphic, and it pretty much turned out to be okay. But I realized that there is a massive texture lose and the contrasts cannot be seen anymore. The photo has lost its original...vivacity and realism. Therefore, I kept on trying some new methods and on this page, you will be able to learn one of my methods. It is very, very simple. Below are three pictures showing the effect. The first is the original, the second is the product, and the third is an example of how it would look like using the ordinary method. Click to enlarge.

1) Choose a picture you would like to modify and open two windows of the same photo on Photoshop.

2) Then select one of the two photos and go to Images > Mode > Grayscale. Click Flatten if it prompts you. Now your photo would be black and white.

3) Copy this black and white image onto the other window you have (with the colorful photo). Put it on top of the first layer. This step is necessary because the other window has already been gray-scaled, this means that Photoshop will not listen to any color commands.

4) After you have put it on top of the first layer, you can add colours to it. Go to Images > Color Balance.

5) Change the color levels until the color satisfies your needs, and then click OK.

Save it and you're done!

On this page, you've learnt how to unify colors from a colorful image. On the next page (Changing Color Theme II), you will learn about how to change a dull and uniformly-colored image into a colorful one. Click here to go to Changing Color Theme II Tutorial.