Adding color to a black and white photo

I don't believe you can do this with Aperture. If you start with a color photo you can do this using black & white and brushes, but you can't add color to a photo that started as black and white.

Aperture may not be the best tool, but you can do it in at least one somewhat cumbersome way:

1. Go to the Inspector > Enhance > Tint.

2. Play with some values of the three different colour wheels.

3. Click on Adjustments > Quick Brushes > Tint.

4. Paint along.

You can change the colour in the Inspector Tint section (not Enhance > Tint, this time, but just Tint) by changing the "Angle".

I have not played enough with this to be sure how to best add for example a red blob to a flower, but it should be possible.

How do you do it with an image that started in color? I've changed the image to B&W and am not trying to find a brush to add color only to a shirt in the photo. Can't figure out how to do it.

Click on the little gear in the Black and White brick on the Adjustments Tab in the Inspector and choose Brush Black and White Away.

Hi, and welcome to the list. Make sure you read the [Help & Terms of Use|http://discussions.apple.com/help.jspa] section when you get a chance.

It's not a good idea to insert a new question into someone else's post. First as you are not the originator of the post you can not assign solved or helpful ratings to any answers you get here. And the forum really relies on those to help other users locate meaningful responses.

Secondly your question is less likely to get answered. readers of the post will be looking to either give advice on the original question or else be looking for answers to the question. A new question stuck in between the other replies is less likely to be noticed. It's always best to start a new thread and if something in another post applies you can always link to it.

Now to your question. There was a great solution given to your very problem back a little while ago, see: [Topic : Black, white, and color?|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12805425&#12805425]

(see how I worked that last bit of advice into this post 😉 )

I hate it when I make mistakes like that. I apologize and will read the Terms of Use. Thanks for the kind and skillful rebuke. Much appreciated.