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blue/orange coloring
What We're Making: From THIS to THIS
Total Layers: 14; yes, a lot, so get ready.
(I'm not going over how to make the actual blend; just the coloring.)

STEP 1- New Fill Layer, #f0e9d6, at Soft Light, 75% Opacity

STEP 2- New Fill Layer, #d2b081, at Soft Light, 20% Opacity

STEP 3- New Fill Layer, #8fd8f9, at Luminosity, 47% Opacity

STEP 4- New Curves Layer, 20% Opacty (varies with image):
RGB- Point One: [Input: 65, Output: 74], Point Two: [Input: 140, Output: 159]
RED- Point One: [Input: 62, Output: 67], Point Two: [Input: 149, Output: 150]
BLUE- Point One: [Input: 64, Output: 61], Point Two: [Input: 164, Output: 156]

STEP 5- New Fill Layer, #ffe3e3, at Soft Light, 21% Opacity

STEP 6- New Fill Layer, #ffba00, at Overlay, 3% Opacity (varies with image)

STEP 7- New Color Balance Layer:
MIDTONES: +10, 0, -8
SHADOWS: +10, -12, +6

STEP 8- New Selective Color Layer:
REDS: 0, +14, +3, 0
YELLOWS: +100, +4, -25, 0
WHITES: 0, 0, -15, -50
NEUTRALS: -10, -10, +10, +5

STEP 9- New Selective Color Layer:
REDS: 0, +30, -10, 0

STEP 10- New Photo Filter Layer, Cooling Filter (82), Density at 7%

STEP 11- New Color Balance Layer:
MIDTONES: +10, 0, -15
SHADOWS: +15, -5, +10

STEP 12- New Selective Coloring Layer:
REDS: +15, -10, +35, +70
YELLOWS: -55, -40, +52, +33
WHITES: +20, -10, -10, -25
NEUTRALS: +20, -10, -25, +10

STEP 13- Duplicate Selective Coloring Layer from Step 12 and set to 15% Opacity

STEP 14- New Selective Coloring Layer:
REDS: -15, +25, +25, +25
YELLOWS: -15, -20, +20, -5
WHITES: +30, -15, +10, -10
NEUTRALS: +16, +10, +10, 0

And we're finished!