There's quite a few different color modes out there, but the two main ones are RGB and CMYK. Depends on what, you ask? It depends on which color mode Photoshop is using. So how does it take those blacks, whites and grays and translate them into the colors we see on our screen? The answer is, it depends.
We know, or at least we'll willing to go along with the idea for the moment, that Photoshop doesn't see color. They're both related to each other in a big way, so once you understand the first one, color modes, the second one, color channels, makes a lot more sense. One is color modes and the other is color channels. To answer that question, we need to look at a couple of things. The whole thing is in color! And this image is open in Photoshop, so how can it be that Photoshop doesn't see color? And if it really doesn't see color, how is Photoshop doing such a great job of showing us something it doesn't see? The piece of wood the bird is standing on is in color. The leaves in the background are in color. In fact, I don't think birds come much more colorful than this. Obviously, this little guy (or girl) is in color. To it, life just couldn't be sweeter than in black, white and gray.ĭownload this tutorial as a print-ready PDF!Īlright, so if Photoshop doesn't have a clue what color is, and all it knows and sees is black, white and gray, how does it manage to show our images in color? I mean, here's an image I have open in Photoshop:Īn photo open in a document window in Photoshop. We wouldn't know what to think if everything was appearing in black and white. In fact, the only reason it shows us our images in color at all is because we as human beings expect to see them in color. It's perfectly happy in its colorless world. And that famous pot of gold at the end of it? To Photoshop, it's a big ol' pot of gray.ĭon't feel sorry for Photoshop though. Did you manage to snap a picture of a rainbow arching across the sky after a summer evening storm? Photoshop sees it as a beautiful assortment of shades of gray. You may be looking at a photo you took on your last vacation of the crystal blue waters on the ocean, but all Photoshop sees is a gray ocean. The world's most powerful image editor, an industry standard among photographers, designers, and virtually all creative professionals, capable of producing millions, even billions of colors, has no idea what color is. Well, black, white, and a lot of shades of gray in between, but that's it. I mean it's completely and totally blind when it comes to color. Did you know that Photoshop is color blind? When I say "color blind", I don't mean it has a little trouble distinguishing between certain shades of green and purple.
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