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Need Help with adding color - SlimPickins - 11-29-2018 I have this pic of a race car that I want to change the color of the car, to get an idea what color to paint it. Can anyone direct me to a tutorial that will help me accomplish this ? The problem is the car is white with replacement body parts that are black. All help is appreciated ! Here is the pic: RE: Need Help with adding color - rich2005 - 11-29-2018 I do not know of a tutorial and not really beginner stuff but try; Use the path tool https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/gimp-tool-path.html and 1. Trace around the car body 2. Trace around the black panel 3. Use the body path (path to selection) for layer masks https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/gimp-layer-mask-add.html 4. One for the colour layer (in multiply mode) and 5. one for the original image (in normal mode). 6. The other path - black panel - supplies a selection. 7. Use the curves tool to get some sort of match (hopefully) with the main body. I got this (detached the docks for visibility). Once that is satisfactory, paint in the colour layer mask to uncover the wheels and the window area. For you to play with: https://www.dropbox.com/s/r2caeb0xscfyyrj/123951-1.xcf.gz?dl=0 1.5MB Gimp .xcf.gz image If you have a larger image use that. One of those things where larger is easier. RE: Need Help with adding color - SlimPickins - 11-29-2018 rich2005, Thank You for your reply. I'll give this a try and if successful will post up the result RE: Need Help with adding color - SlimPickins - 12-02-2018 Well as crude as it is, here is my end result.