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@ my lj


 This coloring works best with images with mainly blue, pink or purple original coloring.

Open you image crop i sharpen it, whatever you want to do.
Duplicate the base and set it to screen 100%, depending on the darkness of your icon you may wish to repeat this step. I duplicated mine onece.


Duplicate your base again and drag it to the top and set it to Multiply 100%.


Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Curves
RED:
Point One
Input 194
Output 232
Point Two
Input 255
Output 255


Make a new fill layer and flood with #0a2342 and set to Exclusion


Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Sat and set the master Saturation to +14


Now for the selective coloring, woho
RED:
cyan +100
magenta +50
yellow +20
black -40

YELLOWS:
cyan +100
magenta _20
yellow -20
black +20

CYANS:
cyan +100
magenta +100
yellow +100
black 0

BLUES:
cyan +100
magenta +100
yellow +100
black 0

MAGENTAS:
cyan -100
magenta +85
yellow -100
black +30

WHITES:
cyan +100
magenta -100
yellow -100
black 0

NEUTRALS:
cyan -9
magenta -22
yellow -11
black +10

BLACKS
cyan 0
magenta 0
yellow 0
black +5


Another selective color layer
RED:
cyan +100
magenta +50
yellow 0
black 0

NEUTRALS:
cyan -30
magenta 0
yellow 0
black 0


Make another fill layer and flood with #ba99ce and set to Softlight 100%


Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance
Midtones:
+28
-35
-14

Shadows:
-15
+17
+30

Highlights:
+1
+27
0


You are now done! Well you cane be...

The next two layer are opinonal depending on your image

Duplicate you base and drap to the top and set to SoftLight 50%


Duplicate your base again and drag to the top and set to Lighten 100%



Other Examples:



Please comment if it comes in handy, also i love to see your work!