How to create selective colour in Lightroom

I have been asked several times is it even possible to create Selective Colour images in Adobe Lightroom Classic? It's actually pretty easy, especially with the right photo. Take this simple orange gerbera. So I thought I'd put together a little post about how to create selective colour in Lightroom, using the Radial Filter.

Original Image

Step 1

Pick you image something that has a nice round form, like the flower is terrific. Grab the Radial Filter and drag a circle out surrounding the flower, make sure Invert is unchecked to affect the outside of the circle. Now grab the Saturation slider and pull all the way to the left (-100).

Step 2

Now while the Radial Filter is still active, grab the brush (Not the Adjustment Brush) and set it to Erase and carefully paint back in all the petals that have lost all the colour. This leaves the rest of the image Monotone. Click Done when finished.

Tip You can turn the Mask for the Radial Filter on and off by pressing the letter 'O' on the keyboard. By pressing Control and O (or Command and O on a Mac) you can change the colour of the mask.

You now have a lovely selective colour image, you can even change the colour of the flower, by adding a New Radial Filter and this time set the Invert to on and then alter the Hue slider to whatever colour you fancy.

Final Image