An easy and useful trick is to take a color image and convert it to black and white, usinggrayscale(100%)orsaturate(0%). The following demo uses that to create monochrome profile pictures for a pair of smart cookies. The filter is removed on hover/focus to reveal the full color image....
For example, I needed an aqua color; I entered the color #006e95 and it gave me the “recipe” of 3 parts Cerulean Blue, 3 parts Titanium White, 1 part Phthalo Green, 1 part Titan Buff. I obviously don’t have those exact colors because I have a different brand but it’ll give y...
Desaturate your original image layer to make it black and white. Click the “Colors” tab in the top toolbar and choose the “Hue/Lightness/Saturation” option. Then, scroll down to the “Saturation” bar and drag the slider all the way to the left until the value reads “-100%”. Cl...