Color Tint
Color Tint is a feature within Photoshop 2025’s Color and Vibrance adjustment tool that enables users to modify the color cast and overall hue balance of digital images. Operating as a non-destructive adjustment layer, it preserves the original image data while allowing changes to color temperature and tonal qualities without permanent alteration to the underlying pixels.
Corrective and Creative Applications
The feature supports both corrective and creative workflows. Photographers use Color Tint to remove unwanted color casts caused by different lighting conditions—such as the blue tint from overcast skies or the orange cast from tungsten lighting. Beyond correction, users can apply Color Tint creatively to establish a specific mood or aesthetic, adjusting the overall color balance to suit artistic intent.
How It Works
Color Tint operates within the broader Color and Vibrance adjustment panel, offering intuitive controls for shifting hues across the image. As a non-destructive adjustment, it can be modified, disabled, or removed at any point in the editing process without quality loss, making it suitable for non-linear editing workflows where adjustments may need refinement.
Source Notes
- 2026-04-07: Lightroom Calibration Panel Foundational Color Skin Tones Cinematic · ▶ source
- 2026-04-21: Adobe · ▶ source
- 2026-04-22: Photoshop · ▶ source