: Black and white image won't change colour I scanned in an image which into Photoshop. It is black and white written text on a white background. I am able to select/colour range and grab all

@Shanna688

What are you trying to achieve? I guess you want to put the black text onto another background, so you want all the white to become transparent.

Easiest way in photoshop is to use a layer blend mode.
- make your scanned text into a new layer
- change the layer blend to "Multiply" or "Darken" - you can see which gives best results.



I edited this after I re-read your post - I see you want to change black text to brown text.
Here's a way:
- Create a new layer, fill it with the shade of brown you want.
- Add the scanned text as a new layer on top of your brown layer
- Change the layer blend mode (of the scanned text) to "Screen"



Another way without layers is to adjust the brightness/contrast of the scanned text until the background is white and the text is mid-grey. Now you can adjust channels or hue/saturation until you get the text the colour you like:
- go to Brightness/Contrast
- set brightness to maximum
- set contrast to minimum
- go to Hue/Saturation
- set saturation to maximum
- mess with the hue until text colour is desired. turn the saturation down if required.

Cheers
Neil

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