This lesson deals primarily with color and color selection methods. Because this is a beginner's course, we are not going to go into all the intricacies of working with color and understanding color theory. Unless you are planning to use Photoshop professionally, you will almost always be working in the RGB color mode. However, it's helpful to understand the other color modes available in Photoshop. Before you dig in to this Photoshop lesson, I strongly suggest you familiarize yourself with some terminology and basic concepts through the following reading assignments:
"Images come in many colors -- and color comes in many flavors. The RGB colors on your monitor are not the same as CMYK colors of your printer. To get the best results, you need to know which color mode to use when in Adobe Photoshop so your images look good. Here's a short course on Photoshop's color modes." This article from ElementK Journals provides overviews of Grayscale, RGB, CMYK, and Lab Color modes.
Color Talk
An introduction to color in print and on the Web, from Desktop Publishing Guide Jacci Howard Bear. Be sure to read all five pages.
Glossary
Please review the following glossary pages for definitions of the terms used in this lesson.
"Images come in many colors -- and color comes in many flavors. The RGB colors on your monitor are not the same as CMYK colors of your printer. To get the best results, you need to know which color mode to use when in Adobe Photoshop so your images look good. Here's a short course on Photoshop's color modes." This article from ElementK Journals provides overviews of Grayscale, RGB, CMYK, and Lab Color modes.
