: How to swap colors around in Photoshop So I downloaded this image to use in a Christmas flyer I'm making... ... but I really want to swap the colours around (to save on ink). So is there

@Chiappetta793

You'd be best off with using a Gradient Map.


Using the eyedropper (I), sample a bright and a dark red and add them to your swatches. Adding white is a good idea, as well.
Open your Layers palette (Window > Layers or F7) and click the black & white disc icon on the bottom: Add New Adjustment Layer.
Choose Gradient Map and see a palette appear in which you can edit a gradient.
Make the gradient start with white and end with dark red, with bright red somwhere in the middle. Add black on one end to taste, and move the stops around to achieve the effect you want. You might have to check the reverse box to actually invert the colours, instead of recreating what is already there.
Click OK.


You can always review and edit the effect by double clicking the adjustment layer.

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