Adobe Photoshop CC for Photographers, 2014 Release, 2nd Edition

Adobe Photoshop CC for Photographers

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Color Range

Color Range is a color-based selection tool (Figure 1.46). While the quick selection and magic wand tools create selections based on luminosity, Color Range can be used to create selections based on similar color values.

To create a Color Range selection, go to the Select menu, choose Color Range… and click on the target color anywhere in the image window (or Color Range preview area) to define the initial selection (note, if you press the Spacebar when launching the Color Range dialog the current foreground color is loaded as the sampled color). To add colors to a Color Range selection, click ...