I started with a Hue/Saturation Adjustment level

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Applay a layer mask to hid the color change in unwanted areas.

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Levels layer and and another Hue/Saturation layer

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Maybe this will work:<br />
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Maybe this will work:
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In Photoshop, what is the best way to make this woman's sweater purple while not having it look like complete BS?<br />
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I'm using CS5<br />
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In Photoshop, what is the best way to make this woman's sweater purple while not having it look like complete BS?

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