Solution
Setting My Colors allows you to change image color tones as desired, such as converting images to sepia or black and white.
IMPORTANT
- In the following explanation, the camera's [Shooting Mode] has been set to [Program AE] (
) mode.
1. Press the power button to turn the camera on.
2. Press the [
] button.
3. Press the [
], [
] buttons to choose [My Colors]. If the settings have not been changed [
] will be displayed.)
4. Press the [
], [
] buttons or turn the [
] dial to select the desired option, and then press the [
] button.
The shooting modes in which [My Colors] can be set are shown in the table below.
| Model | Shooting Mode |
| PowerShot G3 X |  *,  *,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  |
*Options vary depending on the assigned shooting mode.
[My Colors] Setting Options
 My Colors Off | - |
 Vivid | Emphasizes contrast and color saturation, making images sharper. |
 Neutral | Tones down contrast and color saturation for subdued images. |
 Sepia | Creates sepia tone images. |
 B/W | Creates black and white images. |
 Positive Film | Combines the effects of Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, and Vivid Red to produce intense yet natural-looking colors resembling images on positive film. |
 Lighter Skin Tone | Lightens skin tones. |
 Darker Skin Tone | Darkens skin tones. |
 Vivid Blue | Emphasizes blues in images. Makes the sky, ocean, and other blue subjects more vivid. |
 Vivid Green | Emphasizes greens in images. Makes mountains, foliage, and other green subjects more vivid. |
 Vivid Red | Emphasizes reds in images. Makes red subjects more vivid. |
 Custom Color | Adjust contrast, sharpness, color saturation, and other qualities as desired. |
IMPORTANT
- White balance cannot be set in [ Sepia] or [ B/W] modes.
- With [ Lighter Skin Tone] and [ Darker Skin Tone] modes, colors other than people’s skin tone may change. These settings may not produce the expected results with some skin tones.
REFERENCE
With [Custom Color], you can choose the desired level of image contrast, sharpness, color saturation, red, green, blue, and skin tones in a range of 1 – 5. For more information, please refer to the camera's instruction manual.
