Remove a silver background
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Pick the silver with the eyedropper and it is keyed out everywhere it appears. The numbers below are the ones this tool actually uses, so you can set it up in one go.
#c0c0c0 · rgb(192, 192, 192)
| Hex | #c0c0c0 |
|---|---|
| RGB | 192, 192, 192 |
| CIE L*a*b* | L* 77.7 a* -0.0 b* 0.0 |
| Relative luminance | 53% |
| Match radius at the suggested tolerance | ΔE 4.1 |
Why this tolerance
This is only slightly off neutral, so it sits close to pale parts of most subjects. Keep the tolerance low and clean up with the brush rather than pushing the slider until the subject starts to go.
Settings to start from
- How to find the background
- By colour
- Tolerance
- 26
- Only the area connected to the edges
- Off
- Remove colour fringe
- On
When this works well
A flat or near-flat silver area that is clearly different from your subject. Compression noise and lighting variation are expected — that is what the tolerance absorbs. Where it struggles is a subject containing the same silver, and there the brush is faster than any amount of slider tuning.
Common questions
What tolerance should I use for a silver background?
Start at 26 and adjust from there. Raise it if flecks of silver survive; lower it if the subject starts disappearing.
It removed part of my subject as well. What now?
The subject contains something close to that silver. Lower the tolerance until the subject is safe, accept the leftover specks, and remove those with the brush — that is reliably faster than finding a tolerance that does both.
Does it remove silver inside the subject too?
Only if you want it to. Leave connectivity on and only the area joined to the edges goes; turn it off and every matching pixel goes, including enclosed gaps.