: How to color overlay an icon with multiple colors? Is there a way (ideally using Sketch) to do a single color overlay over an icon that has multiple colors – while preserving the original

@Eichhorn212

The method I found to do this on Sketch with a vector object is (pardon the random shape, I wanted to make sure it works with gradients / borders / etc):




Duplicate your object and convert all outlines to stroke. Union and flatten all the elements in this new group until you have just one filled shape covering the whole original object.





Change the new element's Blending Mode to Color





Change the new element's color to whatever color you want. Nothing stops you from using gradients as well...

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@Nimeshi706

Try this:


input your blue version as a layer
delete the white background - you are not going to want it get colored
make a selection that covers your shape area (it's the inverse for that which was used when white background was deleted)
paint, floodfill,lay a gradient or somehing else into a new layer; do not exeed the selection border
experiment different overlay blending modes and opacity values
add another color affecting layer


Actually I do not have Sketch, but I did that in Photoshop, See an example:



Here the overlay is a gradient that resulted this nearly metallic glow. The contrast is boosted by adding luminosity curve atop and making a typical midtone boost S. The gradient in layer 2 has got layer blending mode = exclusion for strong and virtually beforehand unthinkable effect.

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@Annie732

I don't know about sketch but in Photoshop you could import the picture and change the colour using colour balance or hue and saturation adjustments. Alternatively you could create a layer above the imported picture/layer and fill the block with a colour and set the blend mode to colour.

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