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An overview of color-oriented effects
Adobe Premiere Pro has many video effects that adjust or enhance color. Some 
have narrow functionality, while others are professional-level tools that take a lot 
of trial and error to gain some level of expertise. Entire books are devoted to color 
correction, and a good number of video editors specialize in that field.
Adobe Premiere Pro offers a wide range of “colorful” possibilities—more than 
enough to spark some ideas for your upcoming video projects.
To see what Adobe Premiere Pro has to offer in the color effects department, click 
the Effects tab and type 
color
in the Contains text box. However, that’s just a start. 
Adobe Premiere Pro has several more effects that have to do with color.
Here, the color-oriented effects have been grouped into four categories and are 
listed within those groups more or less from simplest to most complex. (This tax-
onomy is one example of why you might want to create and organize some custom 
effects bins.) The following sections offer a brief overview of the color effects.

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Coloring effects
These are the coloring effects:
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Tint
: This is a simple way to apply an overall color cast to a clip.
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Change Color
: Like Tint, Change Color applies a color cast but adds more 
control, and it allows you to change a wider range of colors.
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Ramp
: This creates a linear or radial color gradient that blends with the original 
image colors.
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4-Color Gradient
: This gradient is like the Titler’s eponymous feature, but it has 
more options, and it allows you to keyframe the parameters for some wild results.