[neoteck13]

A quirky and intermittent problem here using the color replacement tool in CS3. -- While laying down a dark color over a targeted lighter area -- it only lays down a light opacity version of that darker replacement color. Have tried every variable I can think of. Any ideas?

Thanks a lot

(every night is a Photoshop night)

[Xaran]

That's the way it is supposed to work - it uses the hue from the colour your replacing with and the lightness of the original.

Christine

[mistermonday]

Xaran, Christine is correct. However, you can first use the Color Replacement tool in Luminosity mode. Then change the mode to Color and go over it a 2nd time and that should take care of it for you. The other thing you could do is use Select > Color Range to make a selection of the area you want to recolor and then apply a Gradient Map or Gradient Map adjustment layer.
Regards, Murray