Help getting "green" right

Hi all. I've done lots of reading, but still having trouble getting my greens to look right.


I'm trying to take pics of a recently completed computer build, and my green comes out more "limey" than it really is. Both the red and blue are pretty realistic. So far using Lightroom 2 for processing - shooting in RAW. Have experimented with WB settings and different lighting. No matter what, I get this green. Have also tried adjusting hue/saturation/luminan​ce with no real success.

It looks fine, I just would prefer to get it a tad more realistic. Any hints?

Hi Shazza,

It's hard for us to imagine exactly what you want, of course. A couple of things spring to mind:

> What type of monitor do you have, and how is it calibrated?
> What colour space are you working in?

It's possible that the green you're chasing doesn't actually exist in the colour space you're using, and/or can't be displayed on your monitor.

Try this: Open a selective color adjustment layer, set the "method" on absolute, go to the Greens panel, and nudge the sliders as shown here -- especially decreasing the yellow. Just experiment with the sliders until the green looks as it should.

He is using lightroom.

There is a whole panel made exactly for what you need shazza. Called HSL. (Hue Saturation Luminance). Just Select the green color and slide the luminance and hue sliders till you get your greens looking how you want.

Hey all ... thanks for the quick responses.

Just to clarify ... I have tried HSL in Lightroom 2 - just can't seem to get it right.

LOL - I didn't even think that you folks really wouldn't know what I was after. The color I'm looking for is much closer to a "Plastic Green Bic Lighter" - more Christmas Tree green than the lime color I'm getting.

As for monitors ... using a MacBook Pro 15" and Dell 3008 - both uncalibrated. It looks the same on my Dell 27" which has been professionally calibrated, so I don't think it's a monitor issue. Colorspace is sRGB.

I'll give it a go in Photoshop

Try it in Adobe RGB and see if you have more luck ...

You can do it with HSL. Try decreasing the saturation and luminance. My mistake for telling you to manipulate hue.

What profile have you set in the "Camera Calibration" tab? Try "Camera Neutral".