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# Adjusting hue/saturation

The Hue/Saturation tool allows you to make color adjustments in hue, saturation, or vibrance. All adjustments are relative.

- Hue: The color of pixels.
- Saturation: How vivid all colors are.
- Vibrance: How vivid primary colors are.

The Vibrance slider is better than the Saturation slider when you want to adjust only the saturation of foliage, the sky, water, clothing, make-up (things that contain reds, greens, and blues), but leave the saturation of skin and earth tones largely unchanged.

For example, compare the photos below.

(a) original | (b) vibrance +50 | (c) saturation +50

In (b), the vibrance has been increased by 50 resulting in more vivid make-up, but with the hair and background largely unchanged. In (c), the saturation has been increased by 50 instead resulting in unnaturally vivid colors overall.

## To adjust the hue/saturation of your photo:

1. Click the hue/saturation tool button in the tool bar. (A new hue/saturation tool will appear at the top of the tool stack.)

2. Use the sliders to make adjustments:

   - The Hue slider adjusts around the wheel.
   - The Saturation slider adjusts along the radius of the wheel from the center to the edge for all colors.
   - The Vibrance slider adjusts along the radius of the wheel from the center to the edge, but only for the primary colors of red, green, and blue.
3. Optionally:
   - Create a mask using regions.
   - Select a different blend mode.
   - Adjust the Opacity slider.
   - Make a color/luminosity selection.

### See also:

- Tool anatomy