Creative Use of Color - Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using GIMP - page 127

8. Click the layer mask to activate it. Double-click the foreground color swatch and

choose a middle gray (about 50%). Using the Bucket Fill tool (Shift + B), fill in the
selected area to reveal the blue in the sky. It will be muted, because we used gray
(Figure 5-20 ).

Figure 5-20. The gray in the layer mask reveals a muted blue sky

9. Choose a soft brush and paint around on the layer mask with various shades

of middle-range and darker grays, revealing subtle colors throughout the
image (Figure 5-21 ).