How to Adjust Colors Using Photoshop’s Contextual Task Bar
Learn how to use the Photoshop Adjust Colors feature to make quick, non-destructive color edits to your photo's most prominent colors.
In this Photoshop how-to video, Steve Caplin shows off the new Adjust Colors feature, which can be found in the Contextual Task Bar. With Adjust Colors, he quickly changes the hue, saturation, and lightness of the six most prominent colors in an image. Since the Adjust Colors process automatically creates a new adjustment layer, it’s a breeze to add and remove your color edits.
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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025
This article was first published on July 15, 2025
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