Image Editing Color Correction and Grading 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Photoshop panel lets you sample and adjust specific color ranges in an image?
- Info panel
- Selective Color adjustment (Correct answer)
- Layer Styles
- Channels panel
Correct answer: Selective Color adjustment
Selective Color lets you adjust the CMYK values within specific color ranges such as reds, yellows, or neutrals.
Question 2: What does a histogram that is heavily skewed to the left indicate?
- Overexposed image
- Underexposed or dark image (Correct answer)
- High contrast image
- Oversaturated image
Correct answer: Underexposed or dark image
A left-skewed histogram means most pixel values are dark, indicating an underexposed image.
Question 3: What is the purpose of 'Levels' in image editing?
- Adjusting the number of layers
- Setting black, midpoint, and white input/output tones (Correct answer)
- Adding text to images
- Merging layer groups
Correct answer: Setting black, midpoint, and white input/output tones
Levels allows you to set black point, white point, and midtone gamma to correct tonal range and contrast.
Question 4: What color temperature (in Kelvin) is typically associated with a 'warm' look?
- 6500K–10000K
- 2500K–4000K (Correct answer)
- 5000K–5500K
- 7000K–8000K
Correct answer: 2500K–4000K
Lower Kelvin values (2500K–4000K) produce warm, orange/yellow tones similar to candlelight or sunrise.
Question 5: Which blending mode is commonly used to correct overexposed (too bright) areas of an image?
- Screen
- Multiply (Correct answer)
- Overlay
- Luminosity
Correct answer: Multiply
Multiply blending mode darkens the image by multiplying pixel values, which helps recover overexposed areas.
Question 6: What is the 'Color Balance' adjustment used for?
- Equalizing layer opacity
- Shifting the overall color toward warm or cool tones in shadows, midtones, or highlights (Correct answer)
- Converting color to grayscale
- Synchronizing colors across multiple documents
Correct answer: Shifting the overall color toward warm or cool tones in shadows, midtones, or highlights
Color Balance shifts the overall color cast toward specific hues in the shadows, midtones, or highlights of an image.
Image Editing Color Correction and Grading 2
Which Photoshop panel lets you sample and adjust specific color ranges in an image?