# Color Transfer

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**Color Transfer** is a creative tool that enables users to apply the color palette from a reference image to their own photos. By selecting a reference image, users can transfer its colors, such as the hues of the sky, foliage, or buildings, to their target image. The tool provides adjustable sliders for fine-tuning the color application, offering users control over the intensity and blending of the transferred colors. Additionally, an AI-powered Match Similar Objects' Color automatically matches colors between similar elements (e.g., sky to sky, vehicle to vehicle), ensuring precision and consistency. This feature enhances creative flexibility, allowing users to achieve specific color aesthetics or unify the tone across multiple images.

* **Reference Selection**: This option allows you to choose a reference image and transfer its color palette (such as the colors of the sky, foliage, or buildings) to your target image.
* **Amount**: Controls the overall strength of the color transfer. Increasing it applies more of the reference image’s colors to your photo; decreasing it makes the effect subtler.
* **Color Intensity**: Adjusts the saturation of the transferred colors. Higher values make the colors more vibrant, while lower values create a more muted effect.
* **Luminosity Intensity**: Fine-tune the transferred colors' brightness to match the lighting of the reference image, ensuring the brightness of colors looks natural.
* **Transition Smoothing**: Softens the transitions between different color zones. Higher values blend the transferred colors more smoothly, while lower values keep the boundaries between color zones more distinct.
* **Color Smoothing**: Balances the variation of transferred colors across the image, avoiding harsh shifts and creating a more even look.
* **Match Similar Objects’ Color**: Uses AI to automatically match the colors of similar elements between the reference and target images, ensuring precise and consistent color matching for elements like skies or vehicles.

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**Note**: The Color Transfer tool does not work with the black-and-white photos.
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