There is a Spectrum Bar With Small Swatches

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We create a white background layer, a black arrows layer, and a paper texture layer just to help diffuse the gradation. In order to control the gradation of the left-facing and right-facing arrows separately, we will use layer masks. ombre design tutorial In the screenshot above, we select the contents of the “Black Arrows” layer by Cmd + clicking on the layer thumbnail. With the arrows selected, we highlight the new gradient fill layer and click Layer>Layer Mask>Reveal Selection. This conforms the gradient fill layer to the shape of the arrows. The “Black Arrows” layer is no longer needed.

The “White Background” layer will be replaced with another image manipulation service gradient layer. This layer won’t need a mask as it is already “masked” by the arrows in the layer above. Now we can control the gradients of the left-facing and right-facing arrows separately. ombre design tutorial Here, we begin playing with the gradient layer settings. In the Gradient Editor to the left, on the top and the bottom. The top “swatches” can be clicked to control opacity. As you can see, we’ve set the left side of this gradient to be 100% opaque (as indicated by black) and the right side to 100% transparent as indicated by white.


The Swatches below the spectrum bar can be clicked to set the colors of the gradient. For this ombre we will use subtle blues and greens while keeping in mind that we need to get from dark to light. By playing with subtle differences in gradation between the foreground and background arrows, we can create a very unique and graphic ombre! ombre design tutorial Here, we add a Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer above everything to exaggerate the fade from light to dark. This lets us fine tune the overall design without needing to adjust all the settings in the Gradient Editor.