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To remove a color cast using Photoshop Elements' Color Variations, here's what you do:
Choose Enhance, Adjust Color, Color Variations.
The Color Variations dialog box takes over your screen.
Select the Midtones radio button, in the lower-left corner of the dialog box.
This option lets you edit the medium colors in your image. (You can likewise edit the dark or light colors by selecting Shadows or Highlights, but it's best to start with the Midtones because that's usually the principal source of the problem.)
After you select Midtones, the bottom portion of the dialog box fills with eight previews. The six previews on the left let you shift the colors in the image toward or away from the three color channels in Elements -- red, green, or blue. The two previews on the right let you lighten and darken the image. But because they're less capable than the gamma point control in the Levels dialog box, you can feel free to ignore them.
Drag the slider in the lower-left corner to the left.
As with saturation earlier, it's best to adjust the colors in small increments.
Click one of the Increase or Decrease previews to shift the colors in the image toward or away from a particular color. If you go too far toward one color, don't panic.
You can do one of several things if you think your image is going to pot. If that last click of Increase Red really messed things up, click Decrease Red or simply click the Undo button. If you then decide things weren't so bad after all, click Increase Red again or click the Redo button. If you've made a total mess of your image, click the Before preview or click the Reset Image button.
Not only does Elements present you with variations on the colors in your image, it also gives you variations on ways to correct your screw-ups. You've gotta love an application like that.
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