The most basic form of color correction is the auto-color command in Adobe Photoshop. We can use the Auto-Color Command in photoshop to automatically adjust the Color and Contrast of our photograph in one simple click. This function is useful for:

- Basic Color Corrections
- Removing Color Casts
- Improving images overall contrast

Let's experiment, open up a document in Adobe Photoshop that needs some basic color correction done to it.

Here is a photograph of a construction site on the west coast of Florida. This images color is very messed up. As you can probably tell, there is a huge color cast over the whole image, the sky appears greyish blue (along with most of the buildings), and there is not much contrast in the document. However, if we use Adobe
Photoshops Auto Color feature, we can work wonders with our images color. Go ahead and try:

(Image > Adjustments > Auto Color)

See the improvement in your photograph. This may not work on all images, but there is a significant improvement on this one:

The blue haze color cast has been removed almost completely, and the color of the buildings have been brought out with the help of Adobe Photoshop's Auto Color. Thanks to this useful tool, we can now enjoy a more realistic photograph. As mentioned earlier, this method is not the best way to correct all of your color problems. Some color issues are best handled with more custom adjustments rather than Adobe Photoshop's automatic Color correction tool. The next section of this tutorial will teach you how to use Color Balances to adjust your photographs color!

Section 8 "Color Balance in Photoshop"