Photoshop School - How to selectively 'tone' a Black & White image

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First thing we need to do is change the image mode from Black and White to colour. Go to 'image' then 'mode' and select 'RGB color'
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Go to your layers palette and duplicate layer (right mouse click on your layer)
also turn off your layer lock if its still on.
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Lets call it colour layer
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You should now have 2 layers in your layers palette.
Now select your paintbrush tool.

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Now go to the box above layers, it says 'normal' as default. Select 'color' down nr the bottom of the dropdown menu.

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Then change the opacity to about 70% (to the right of the last menu you selected)

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Next choose the colour you wish to use to tone part of your image by clicking on the colour swatch (tools bottom left)
Its a good idea to google a similar image to get the right colour. I downloaded an image of sweetcorn, opened it in photoshop, then used the colour picker to find the right shade.
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Now use your paintbrush (should still be selected) to fill in the colour
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You can change the paintbrush size.

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Then do the same for any other colour you want to use.
Here is the finished image... Ive not quite got the green colour right on this 1 but it was my first attempt.

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