5.3. Colorize
| 5. Color Tools |

### 5.3. Colorize

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Revision $Revision: 2422 $ | 2008-01-16 | j.h

The Colorize tool renders the active layer or selection into a greyscale image seen through a colored glass. You can use it to give a “ Sepia” effect to your image. See Color model for Hue, Saturation, Luminosity.

#### 5.3.1. Activate the Tool

You can get to the Hue-Saturation tool in two ways :

- In the the image-menu through: Tools → Color Tools → Colori ze or Colors → Colorize,

- or by clicking the tool icon: in Toolbox, provided that you have installed color tools in Toolbox. For this, go to Tools Dialog.

#### 5.3.2. Options

Figure 13.121. Colorize options

Select Color

  - Hue: The slider and the numeric text box allow you to select a hue in the HSV color circle (0 - 360).

  - Saturation: The slider and the input box allows you to select a saturation: 0 through 100.

  - Lightness : The slider and the text box allow you to select a value: -100 (dark) through 100 (light).

Preview

  The Preview button makes all changes dynamically so that they can be viewed immediately.

5.2. Hue-Saturation |  | 5.4. Brightness-Contrast tool