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1. Start by opening the image you want to add color to and dublicate the image so you are working on a seperate canvas.
2. On the new canvas double click on the background layer (layer 0). Now dublicate layer 0 and set the blending mode to Overlay. Select layer 0 and go to Images > Adjustments > Hue/ Saturation (Ctrl+U) and check for colorize. Now move the handles until you get the colour you want. I've used 34, 34, 0 in this example. I also added some blure, Filter > Blur > Gussian blur and set the radius to 5 pixels, to layer 1 to make it a bit smoother.
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3. Now it's time to add some colors to the lip.
Add a new layer (layer 2) and select a deep red color, for example #660000. Enlarge the image to about 300%. On the new layer paint the lips with a small brush. Don't mind if you paint a bit outside the lips because we can correct this later. Change the blending mode to Overlay.
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4. Now do the same with the eyes and the dress. To smoothen the colour over the eyes I blured the colour with the same settings as above (2) and I aslo used the Eraser Tool on the dress to get rid of the green colour outside the dress.
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This is an example of the same image painted for an email contest
