### 8.6. Saturation

Another way to modify saturation. Clear explanations about chroma and saturation can be found at https://ninedegreesbelow.com/photography/changing-saturation-using-lch-chroma.html

| Note
This command does not work on Grayscale images. If the image is Grayscale, the menu entry is disabled.

#### 8.6.1. Activating the Command

You can access this command from the main menu through Colors → Saturation….

#### 8.6.2. Options

Figure 16.128. Saturation Options

Presets, Blending Options, Preview, Merge filter, Split view

  | Note
  These options are described in Section 8.1.2, “Colors Common Features”.

Scale

  This option gives more or less saturation.

Interpolation Color Space

  This option determines in which color space the saturation computations are done. You can choose from Native, which means the color space of the image (default), CIE LAB/Lch, and CIE Yuv.

8.5. Hue-Saturation |  | 8.7. Exposure

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