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title: "Recoloring Images"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "images [Windows Forms], recoloring"
  - "recoloring images"
  - "examples [Windows Forms], recoloring images"
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# Recoloring Images
Recoloring is the process of adjusting image colors. Some examples of recoloring are changing one color to another, adjusting a color's intensity relative to another color, adjusting the brightness or contrast of all colors, and converting colors to shades of gray.  
  
## In This Section  
 [How to: Use a Color Matrix to Transform a Single Color](how-to-use-a-color-matrix-to-transform-a-single-color.md)  
 Discusses using a color matrix to transform a color.  
  
 [How to: Translate Image Colors](how-to-translate-image-colors.md)  
 Shows how to translate colors using a color matrix.  
  
 [Using Transformations to Scale Colors](using-transformations-to-scale-colors.md)  
 Explains how to scale colors using a color matrix.  
  
 [How to: Rotate Colors](how-to-rotate-colors.md)  
 Describes how to rotate a color using a color matrix.  
  
 [How to: Shear Colors](how-to-shear-colors.md)  
 Defines shearing and explains how to shear colors using a color matrix.  
  
 [How to: Use a Color Remap Table](how-to-use-a-color-remap-table.md)  
 Defines remapping and shows how to use a color remap table.  
  
## Reference  
 <xref:System.Drawing.Imaging.ColorMatrix>  
 Describes this class and contains links to all of its members.  
  
 <xref:System.Drawing.Imaging.ColorMap>  
 Describes this class and contains links to all of its members.  
  
## Related Sections  
 [Images, Bitmaps, and Metafiles](images-bitmaps-and-metafiles.md)  
 Provides a list of topics regarding the different types of images.  
  
 [Working with Images, Bitmaps, Icons, and Metafiles](working-with-images-bitmaps-icons-and-metafiles.md)  
 Contains a list of topics that show how to use different types of images.  
  
 [Using Managed Graphics Classes](using-managed-graphics-classes.md)  
 Contains a list of topics describing how to use managed graphics classes.
