Knowing how to adjust colors during photo editing can greatly improve your images. In this video, Albert Dros gives nine awesome tips on how to do it.
One of the most important aspects of adjusting colors is understanding their effect on your images. It helps to know about color theory and psychology. I read about those concepts in The Photographer's Eye by Michael Freeman 15 years ago, which is great. In his video, Dros shares online resources for learning about colors and sums up the essential ideas.
One resource he mentions is Adobe Color, a tool I like to use to find pleasing color harmonies. Those can become guides for your color editing. You can also analyze your images with this tool. It is helpful if you're unsure about the colors in your photos. Adobe Color can help you find problems, and Dros explains how you can fix those — for example, by desaturating or removing problematic colors.
Dros continues with further tips, like muting colors you don't and enhancing colors you like. He also talks about the importance of being selective with your color adjustments. Masks are powerful, and you should use those to avoid an overall messy look of the colors in your photos.
You'll find more tips in the video, all supported by Dros' awesome images that exemplify his points. In his final tip, he also emphasizes the importance of a calibrated monitor. We have a separate article on how to achieve such a setup.
This has to be one of the most indepth videos I've seen on color. It's not a topic that I really spend as much time on as I should but this was an interesting watch.