Color Too Strong (Oversaturated)

The top image in Figure 5-21 is oversaturated; the red colors don't look natural. One of the easiest ways to correct oversaturation is using GIMP's Hue-Saturation.

Hue-Saturation

The Hue-Saturation Tool is useful for reducing the amount of color in an image. The top image in Figure 5-21 is oversaturated or has too much color.

Figure 5-21. The lower image has been desaturated using Hue-Saturation

Removing Strong Colors

To desaturate or reduce color that is too strong and unnatural in an image, follow these steps:

1. Open your saturated image in GIMP.
2. Go to Colors and click Hue-Saturation (see Figure 5-22).
   

   Figure 5-22. Hue-Saturation is located under the Colors menu.

3. The Hue-Saturation dialog window will open (see Figure 5-23).