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Change Silver Jewellery to gold - awjeweller - 12-04-2023

My first post here...

I am a jeweller and post pics of the jewellery i make on my website, ebay etsy etc.

I have had some success with changing the colours of stones using gimp... garnet to Amethst, sapphire , Rubt etc.

But I'm trying to work out how to change silver jewellery into gold.

If anyone can point me to a tutorial I would be grateful.

Here is a photoshop tutorial.. I need the same thing for GIMP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6PB-y1nxuM&ab_channel=NinjaGraphics

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RE: Change Silver Jewellery to gold - Tas_mania - 12-04-2023

Quote:I'm trying to work out how to change silver jewellery into gold.

Yes that really looks ethical. Huh

RE: Change Silver Jewellery to gold - Ofnuts - 12-04-2023

  • Sample the color in some good part with the color picker
  • Make a selection on the area you want to cover up
  • Create a new layer
  • Bucket-fill the selection with the sampled color
  • Set the layer to blend mode HSL Color, LCH Color or, if the covered part is a sufficiently neutral grya, Multiply.
  • Adjust opacity to taste.
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RE: Change Silver Jewellery to gold - rich2005 - 12-04-2023

Another way but it depends on separating the ring from the background which is a whole different matter.

If the ring is already silver color then it can be colourised. To make it more "metallic" a Colors -> Curves adjustment.

30 second demo: https://i.imgur.com/xqx4loY.mp4

RE: Change Silver Jewellery to gold - awjeweller - 12-05-2023

(12-04-2023, 07:48 AM)Tas_mania Wrote:
Quote:I'm trying to work out how to change silver jewellery into gold.

Yes that really looks ethical. Huh

For samples it's fine.....
(12-04-2023, 08:42 AM)Ofnuts Wrote:
  • Sample the color in some good part with the color picker
  • Make a selection on the area you want to cover up
  • Create a new layer
  • Bucket-fill the selection with the sampled color
  • Set the layer to blend mode HSL Color, LCH Color or, if the covered part is a sufficiently neutral grya, Multiply.
  • Adjust opacity to taste.

Thank you, will give it a go!
(12-04-2023, 09:10 AM)rich2005 Wrote: Another way but it depends on separating the ring from the background which is a whole different matter.

If the ring is already silver color then it can be colourised. To make it more "metallic" a Colors -> Curves adjustment.

30 second demo: https://i.imgur.com/xqx4loY.mp4

Thank you... going to play with separating the rings from their backgrounds... and then playing with colour curves.

RE: Change Silver Jewellery to gold - JoeIXn - 09-26-2025

I used Layer > Colors > Colorize and tweaked the hue and saturation until it looked goldish, then added some yellow highlights with a soft brush on a new layer set to Overlay.

RE: Change Silver Jewellery to gold - JoeIXn - 09-30-2025

For GIMP I’ve had some luck using colorize on a masked layer, then playing with hue and saturation until the silver warms up into a gold tone. Adding a bit of brightness/contrast makes it look less flat too. Took me a while to get it right when editing photos of some wedding bands for women I was browsing — the lighter shades leaned yellow too fast, so layering adjustments really helped.

RE: Change Silver Jewellery to gold - denzjos - 10-03-2025

My attempt:
- Copy the Original layer
- on the new layer:
- G'Mic-Qt / Artistic / Comic Book (all sliders on the left / enable "Add Colors")
- Remove black lines (select with the color tool and erase the selection)
- Erase the red ruby (use the 'Eraser Tool')
- Colours / Desaturate
- Use Curves to convert the dark areas to gray
- Colours / Colourise (use yellow - own taste)
- Set the layer to Multiply (adjust the transparency if necessary)

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