change a color of one item in a photo

[pat71896]

I hope I am in the right place.  I love paint.net and recommend it all the time.

 

I have seen people change the color of a models' outfit but cannot figure out how to do it.

 

The shading and gradation (perhaps not the correct terms) stays in the new color.  For instance, a swimsuit still has shadows and simple texture from one color to the next.  Curtains would have the same light hitting the new color.

 

I would be grateful for any response.  I appreciate all the effort and care with which paint.net has been handled.  KUDOS TO ALL!

 

Pat

[Daniels]

The recolor tool is what you are looking for. Set the color you want to change as the secondary color (preferably with the color picker), and the color you want it to be as the primary color.

[Ego Eram Reputo]

What Daniels said, in pictorial form

The Recoloring Tool respects shading when changing the color. This is how you can recolor this green sphere to yellow and keep the bottom right shadows and the top left highlights.