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How to replace a checked pattern in a PNG image with transparent in Python?

I am trying to remove the checkered background (which represents transparent background in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop) with transparent color (alpha channel) in some PNGs with Python script.
First, I use template matching:
import cv2
import numpy as np
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
img_rgb = cv2.imread('testimages/fake1.png', cv2.IMREAD_UNCHANGED)
img_gray = cv2.cvtColor(img_rgb, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
template = cv2.imread('pattern.png', 0)
w, h = template.shape[::-1]
res = cv2.matchTemplate(img_gray, template, cv2.TM_CCOEFF_NORMED)
threshold = 0.8
loc = np.where( res >= threshold)
for pt in zip(*loc[::-1]):
if len(img_rgb[0][0]) == 3:
# add alpha channel
rgba = cv2.cvtColor(img_rgb, cv2.COLOR_RGB2RGBA)
rgba[:, :, 3] = 255 # default not transparent
img_rgb = rgba
# replace the area with a transparent rectangle
cv2.rectangle(img_rgb, pt, (pt[0] + w, pt[1] + h), (255, 255, 255, 0), -1)
cv2.imwrite('result.png', img_rgb)
Source Image: fake1.png
Pattern Template: pattern.png
Output: result.png (the gray area is actually transparent; enlarge a bit for viewing easier)
I know this approach has problems, as the in some cases, the template cannot be identified fully, as part of the pattern is hidden by the graphics in the PNG image.
My question is: How can I match such a pattern perfectly using OpenCV? via FFT Filtering?
References:
How particular pixel to transparent in opencv python?
Detecting a pattern in an image and retrieving its position
https://python.plainenglish.io/how-to-remove-image-background-using-python-6f7ffa8eab15
https://answers.opencv.org/question/232506/make-the-background-of-the-image-transparent-using-a-mask/
https://dsp.stackexchange.com/questions/36679/which-image-filter-can-be-applied-to-remove-gridded-pattern-from-corrupt-jpegs

Here is one way to do that in Python/OpenCV simply by thresholding on the checks color range.
Input:
import cv2
import numpy as np
# read input
img = cv2.imread("fake.png")
# threshold on checks
low = (230,230,230)
high = (255,255,255)
mask = cv2.inRange(img, low, high)
# invert alpha
alpha = 255 - mask
# convert img to BGRA
result = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2BGRA)
result[:,:,3] = alpha
# save output
cv2.imwrite('fake_transparent.png', result)
cv2.imshow('img', img)
cv2.imshow('mask', mask)
cv2.imshow('result', result)
cv2.waitKey(0)
cv2.destroyAllWindows()
Download the resulting image to see that it is actually transparent.

Here is one way to use DFT to process the image in Python/OpenCV/Numpy. One does need to know the size of the checkerboard pattern (light or dark square size).
Read the input
Separate channels
Apply DFT to each channel
Shift origin from top left to center of each channel
Extract magnitude and phase images from each channel
Define the checkerboard pattern size
Create a black and white checkerboard image of the same size
Apply similar DFT processing to the checkerboard image
Get the spectrum from the log(magnitude)
Threshold the spectrum to form a mask
Zero out the DC center point in the mask
OPTION: If needed apply morphology dilate to thicken the white dots. But does not seem to be needed here
Invert the mask so the background is white and the dots are black
Convert the mask to range 0 to 1 and make 2 channels
Apply the two-channel mask to the center shifted DFT channels
Shift the center back to the top left in each masked image
Do the IDFT to get back from complex domain to real domain on each channel
Merge the resulting channels back to a BGR image as the final reconstituted image
Save results
Input:
import numpy as np
import cv2
import math
# read input
# note: opencv fft only works on grayscale
img = cv2.imread('fake.png')
hh, ww = img.shape[:2]
# separate channels
b,g,r = cv2.split(img)
# convert images to floats and do dft saving as complex output
dft_b = cv2.dft(np.float32(b), flags = cv2.DFT_COMPLEX_OUTPUT)
dft_g = cv2.dft(np.float32(g), flags = cv2.DFT_COMPLEX_OUTPUT)
dft_r = cv2.dft(np.float32(r), flags = cv2.DFT_COMPLEX_OUTPUT)
# apply shift of origin from upper left corner to center of image
dft_b_shift = np.fft.fftshift(dft_b)
dft_g_shift = np.fft.fftshift(dft_g)
dft_r_shift = np.fft.fftshift(dft_r)
# extract magnitude and phase images
mag_b, phase_b = cv2.cartToPolar(dft_b_shift[:,:,0], dft_b_shift[:,:,1])
mag_g, phase_g = cv2.cartToPolar(dft_g_shift[:,:,0], dft_g_shift[:,:,1])
mag_r, phase_r = cv2.cartToPolar(dft_r_shift[:,:,0], dft_r_shift[:,:,1])
# set check size (size of either dark or light square)
check_size = 15
# create checkerboard pattern
white = np.full((check_size,check_size), 255, dtype=np.uint8)
black = np.full((check_size,check_size), 0, dtype=np.uint8)
checks1 = np.hstack([white,black])
checks2 = np.hstack([black,white])
checks3 = np.vstack([checks1,checks2])
numht = math.ceil(hh / (2*check_size))
numwd = math.ceil(ww / (2*check_size))
checks = np.tile(checks3, (numht,numwd))
checks = checks[0:hh, 0:ww]
# apply dft to checkerboard pattern
dft_c = cv2.dft(np.float32(checks), flags = cv2.DFT_COMPLEX_OUTPUT)
dft_c_shift = np.fft.fftshift(dft_c)
mag_c, phase_c = cv2.cartToPolar(dft_c_shift[:,:,0], dft_c_shift[:,:,1])
# get spectrum from magnitude (add tiny amount to avoid divide by zero error)
spec = np.log(mag_c + 0.00000001)
# theshold spectrum
mask = cv2.threshold(spec, 1, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY)[1]
# mask DC point (center spot)
centx = int(ww/2)
centy = int(hh/2)
dot = np.zeros((3,3), dtype=np.uint8)
mask[centy-1:centy+2, centx-1:centx+2] = dot
# If needed do morphology dilate by small amount.
# But does not seem to be needed in this case
# invert mask
mask = 255 - mask
# apply mask to real and imaginary components
mask1 = (mask/255).astype(np.float32)
mask2 = cv2.merge([mask1,mask1])
complex_b = dft_b_shift*mask2
complex_g = dft_g_shift*mask2
complex_r = dft_r_shift*mask2
# shift origin from center to upper left corner
complex_ishift_b = np.fft.ifftshift(complex_b)
complex_ishift_g = np.fft.ifftshift(complex_g)
complex_ishift_r = np.fft.ifftshift(complex_r)
# do idft with normalization saving as real output and crop to original size
img_notch_b = cv2.idft(complex_ishift_b, flags=cv2.DFT_SCALE+cv2.DFT_REAL_OUTPUT)
img_notch_b = img_notch_b.clip(0,255).astype(np.uint8)
img_notch_b = img_notch_b[0:hh, 0:ww]
img_notch_g = cv2.idft(complex_ishift_g, flags=cv2.DFT_SCALE+cv2.DFT_REAL_OUTPUT)
img_notch_g = img_notch_g.clip(0,255).astype(np.uint8)
img_notch_g = img_notch_g[0:hh, 0:ww]
img_notch_r = cv2.idft(complex_ishift_r, flags=cv2.DFT_SCALE+cv2.DFT_REAL_OUTPUT)
img_notch_r = img_notch_r.clip(0,255).astype(np.uint8)
img_notch_r = img_notch_r[0:hh, 0:ww]
# combine b,g,r components
img_notch = cv2.merge([img_notch_b, img_notch_g, img_notch_r])
# write result to disk
cv2.imwrite("fake_checks.png", checks)
cv2.imwrite("fake_spectrum.png", (255*spec).clip(0,255).astype(np.uint8))
cv2.imwrite("fake_mask.png", mask)
cv2.imwrite("fake_notched.png", img_notch)
# show results
cv2.imshow("ORIGINAL", img)
cv2.imshow("CHECKS", checks)
cv2.imshow("SPECTRUM", spec)
cv2.imshow("MASK", mask)
cv2.imshow("NOTCH", img_notch)
cv2.waitKey(0)
cv2.destroyAllWindows()
Checkerboard image:
Spectrum of checkerboard:
Mask:
Result (notch filtered image):
The checkerboard pattern in the result is mitigated from the original, but still there upon close inspection.
From here one needs to threshold on the white background and invert to make an image for the alpha channel. Then convert the image to 4 BGRA and insert the alpha channel into the BGRA image as I described in my other answer below.

since you're working on PNG's with transparent backgrounds, it would probably be equally viable to instead of trying to detect the checkered background, you try to extract the stuff that isn't checkered. This could probably be achieved using a color check on all pixels. You could use opencv's inRange() function. I'll link a StackOverflow link below that tries to detect dark spots on a image.
Inrange example

Change range of colors in an image using python

I'm working on automating changing image colors using python. The image I'm using is below, i'd love to move it from red to another range of colors, say green, keeping the detail and shading if possible. I've been able to convert some of the image to a solid color, losing all detail.
The code I'm currently using is below, I can't quite figure out the correct range of red to make it work correctly, and also it only converts to a single color, again losing all detail and shade.
Any help is appreciated, thank you.
import cv2
import numpy as np
import skimage.exposure
# load image and get dimensions
img = cv2.imread("test5.jpg")
# convert to hsv
hsv = cv2.cvtColor(img,cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
## mask of upper red (170,50,50) ~ (180,255,255)
## mask of lower red (0,50,50) ~ (10,255,255)
# threshold using inRange
range1 = (0,50,50)
range2 = (1,255,255)
mask = cv2.inRange(hsv,range1,range2)
mask = 255 - mask
# apply morphology opening to mask
kernel = np.ones((3,3), np.uint8)
mask = cv2.morphologyEx(mask, cv2.MORPH_ERODE, kernel)
mask = cv2.morphologyEx(mask, cv2.MORPH_CLOSE, kernel)
# antialias mask
mask = cv2.GaussianBlur(mask, (0,0), sigmaX=3, sigmaY=3, borderType = cv2.BORDER_DEFAULT)
mask = skimage.exposure.rescale_intensity(mask, in_range=(127.5,255), out_range=(0,255))
result = img.copy()
result[mask==0] = (255,255,255)
# write result to disk
cv2.imwrite("test6.jpg", result)

This is one way to approach the problem in Python/OpenCV. But for red, it is very hard to do because red spans 0 hue, which also is the hue for gray and white and black, which you have in your image. The other issue you have is that skin tones has red shades, so you cannot pick too large of ranges for your colors. Also when dealing with red ranges, you need two sets, one for hues up to 180 and another for hues above 0.
Input:
import cv2
import numpy as np
# load image
img = cv2.imread('red_clothes.jpg')
# convert to HSV
hsv = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
h,s,v = cv2.split(hsv)
blue_hue = 120
red_hue = 0
# diff hue (blue_hue - red_hue)
diff_hue = blue_hue - red_hue
# create mask for red color in hsv
lower1 = (150,150,150)
upper1 = (180,255,255)
mask1 = cv2.inRange(hsv, lower1, upper1)
lower2 = (0,150,150)
upper2 = (30,255,255)
mask2 = cv2.inRange(hsv, lower2, upper2)
mask = cv2.add(mask1,mask2)
mask = cv2.merge([mask,mask,mask])
# apply morphology to clean mask
kernel = cv2.getStructuringElement(cv2.MORPH_ELLIPSE, (9,9))
mask = cv2.morphologyEx(mask, cv2.MORPH_OPEN, kernel)
mask = cv2.morphologyEx(mask, cv2.MORPH_CLOSE, kernel)
# modify hue channel by adding difference and modulo 180
hnew = np.mod(h + diff_hue, 180).astype(np.uint8)
# recombine channels
hsv_new = cv2.merge([hnew,s,v])
# convert back to bgr
bgr_new = cv2.cvtColor(hsv_new, cv2.COLOR_HSV2BGR)
# blend with original using mask
result = np.where(mask==(255, 255, 255), bgr_new, img)
# save output
cv2.imwrite('red_clothes_mask.png', mask)
cv2.imwrite('red_clothes_hue_shift.png', bgr_new)
cv2.imwrite('red_clothes_red2blue.png', result)
# Display various images to see the steps
cv2.imshow('mask1',mask1)
cv2.imshow('mask2',mask2)
cv2.imshow('mask',mask)
cv2.imshow('bgr_new',bgr_new)
cv2.imshow('result',result)
cv2.waitKey(0)
cv2.destroyAllWindows()
Mask:
Hue Shifted Image:
Blend between Input and Hue Shifted Image using Mask to blend:
So the result is speckled because of the black mixed with the red and from limited ranges due to skin color.

You can start with red, but the trick is to invert the image so red is now at hue 90 in OpenCV range and for example blue is at hue 30. So in Python/OpenCV, you can do the following:
Input:
import cv2
import numpy as np
# load image
img = cv2.imread('red_clothes.jpg')
# invert image
imginv = 255 - img
# convert to HSV
hsv = cv2.cvtColor(imginv, cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
h,s,v = cv2.split(hsv)
blueinv_hue = 30 #(=120+180/2=210-180=30)
redinv_hue = 90 #(=0+180/2=90)
# diff hue (blue_hue - red_hue)
diff_hue = blueinv_hue - redinv_hue
# create mask for redinv color in hsv
lower = (80,150,150)
upper = (100,255,255)
mask = cv2.inRange(hsv, lower, upper)
mask = cv2.merge([mask,mask,mask])
# apply morphology to clean mask
kernel = cv2.getStructuringElement(cv2.MORPH_ELLIPSE, (9,9))
mask = cv2.morphologyEx(mask, cv2.MORPH_OPEN, kernel)
mask = cv2.morphologyEx(mask, cv2.MORPH_CLOSE, kernel)
# modify hue channel by adding difference and modulo 180
hnew = np.mod(h + diff_hue, 180).astype(np.uint8)
# recombine channels
hsv_new = cv2.merge([hnew,s,v])
# convert back to bgr
bgrinv_new = cv2.cvtColor(hsv_new, cv2.COLOR_HSV2BGR)
# invert
bgr_new = 255 -bgrinv_new
# blend with original using mask
result = np.where(mask==(255, 255, 255), bgr_new, img)
# save output
cv2.imwrite('red_clothes_mask.png', mask)
cv2.imwrite('red_clothes_hue_shift.png', bgr_new)
cv2.imwrite('red_clothes_red2blue.png', result)
# Display various images to see the steps
cv2.imshow('mask',mask)
cv2.imshow('bgr_new',bgr_new)
cv2.imshow('result',result)
cv2.waitKey(0)
cv2.destroyAllWindows()
Mask:
Red to Blue before masking:
Red to Blue after masking:
However, one is still limited by the fact that red is close to skin tones, so the range for red is limited.

Starting with a blue image rather than red allows one to use an expanded range for inRange() and do a better job in Python/OpenCV. Here is a change from blue to red.
Input:
import cv2
import numpy as np
# load image
img = cv2.imread('blue_clothes.jpg')
# convert to HSV
hsv = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
h,s,v = cv2.split(hsv)
red_hue = 0
blue_hue = 120
# diff hue (red_hue - blue_hue)
diff_hue = red_hue - blue_hue
# create mask for blue color in hsv
lower = (100,90,90)
upper = (140,255,255)
mask = cv2.inRange(hsv, lower, upper)
mask = cv2.merge([mask,mask,mask])
# apply morphology to clean mask
kernel = cv2.getStructuringElement(cv2.MORPH_ELLIPSE, (9,9))
mask = cv2.morphologyEx(mask, cv2.MORPH_OPEN, kernel)
mask = cv2.morphologyEx(mask, cv2.MORPH_CLOSE, kernel)
# modify hue channel by adding difference and modulo 180
hnew = np.mod(h + diff_hue, 180).astype(np.uint8)
# recombine channels
hsv_new = cv2.merge([hnew,s,v])
# convert back to bgr
bgr_new = cv2.cvtColor(hsv_new, cv2.COLOR_HSV2BGR)
# blend with original using mask
result = np.where(mask==(255, 255, 255), bgr_new, img)
# save output
cv2.imwrite('blue_clothes_mask.png', mask)
cv2.imwrite('blue_clothes_hue_shift.png', bgr_new)
cv2.imwrite('blue_clothes_blue2red.png', result)
# Display various images to see the steps
cv2.imshow('mask',mask)
cv2.imshow('bgr_new',bgr_new)
cv2.imshow('result',result)
cv2.waitKey(0)
cv2.destroyAllWindows()
Mask:
Blue to Red before masking:
Blue to Red after masking:

OpenCV Python how to keep one color as is converting an image to Grayscale

How do I make it so everything in the image is in gray-scale except the orange cone. Using opencv python.

You can achieve your goal by using bitwise_and() function and thresholding.
Steps:
generate mask for the required region.(here thresholding is used but other methods can also be used)
extract required regions using bitwise_and (image & mask).
Add masked regions to get output.
Here's sample code:
import cv2
import numpy as np
img = cv2.imread('input.jpg')
# creating mask using thresholding over `red` channel (use better use histogram to get threshoding value)
# I have used 200 as thershoding value it can be different for different images
ret, mask = cv2.threshold(img[:, :,2], 200, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY)
mask3 = np.zeros_like(img)
mask3[:, :, 0] = mask
mask3[:, :, 1] = mask
mask3[:, :, 2] = mask
# extracting `orange` region using `biteise_and`
orange = cv2.bitwise_and(img, mask3)
gray = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
img = cv2.cvtColor(gray, cv2.COLOR_GRAY2BGR)
# extracting non-orange region
gray = cv2.bitwise_and(img, 255 - mask3)
# orange masked output
out = gray + orange
cv2.imwrite('orange.png', orange)
cv2.imwrite('gray.png', gray)
cv2.imwrite("output.png", out)
Results:
masked orange image
masked gray image
output image

Here is an alternate way to do that in Python/OpenCV.
Read the input
Threshold on color using cv2.inRange()
Apply morphology to clean it up and fill in holes as a mask
Create a grayscale version of the input
Merge the input and grayscale versions using the mask via np.where()
Save the results
Input:
import cv2
import numpy as np
img = cv2.imread("orange_cone.jpg")
# threshold on orange
lower = (0,60,200)
upper = (110,160,255)
thresh = cv2.inRange(img, lower, upper)
# apply morphology and make 3 channels as mask
kernel = cv2.getStructuringElement(cv2.MORPH_ELLIPSE, (5,5))
mask = cv2.morphologyEx(thresh, cv2.MORPH_CLOSE, kernel)
mask = cv2.morphologyEx(mask, cv2.MORPH_OPEN, kernel)
mask = cv2.merge([mask,mask,mask])
# create 3-channel grayscale version
gray = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
gray = cv2.cvtColor(gray, cv2.COLOR_GRAY2BGR)
# blend img with gray using mask
result = np.where(mask==255, img, gray)
# save images
cv2.imwrite('orange_cone_thresh.jpg', thresh)
cv2.imwrite('orange_cone_mask.jpg', mask)
cv2.imwrite('orange_cone_result.jpg', result)
# Display images
cv2.imshow("thresh", thresh)
cv2.imshow("mask", mask)
cv2.imshow("result", result)
cv2.waitKey(0)
Threshold image:
Mask image:
Merged result:

how to remove background of images in python

I have a dataset that contains full width human images I want to remove all the backgrounds in those Images and just leave the full width person,
my questions:
is there any python code that does that ?
and do I need to specify each time the coordinate of the person object?

Here is one way using Python/OpenCV.
Read the input
Convert to gray
Threshold and invert as a mask
Optionally apply morphology to clean up any extraneous spots
Anti-alias the edges
Convert a copy of the input to BGRA and insert the mask as the alpha channel
Save the results
Input:
import cv2
import numpy as np
# load image
img = cv2.imread('person.png')
# convert to graky
gray = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
# threshold input image as mask
mask = cv2.threshold(gray, 250, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY)[1]
# negate mask
mask = 255 - mask
# apply morphology to remove isolated extraneous noise
# use borderconstant of black since foreground touches the edges
kernel = np.ones((3,3), np.uint8)
mask = cv2.morphologyEx(mask, cv2.MORPH_OPEN, kernel)
mask = cv2.morphologyEx(mask, cv2.MORPH_CLOSE, kernel)
# anti-alias the mask -- blur then stretch
# blur alpha channel
mask = cv2.GaussianBlur(mask, (0,0), sigmaX=2, sigmaY=2, borderType = cv2.BORDER_DEFAULT)
# linear stretch so that 127.5 goes to 0, but 255 stays 255
mask = (2*(mask.astype(np.float32))-255.0).clip(0,255).astype(np.uint8)
# put mask into alpha channel
result = img.copy()
result = cv2.cvtColor(result, cv2.COLOR_BGR2BGRA)
result[:, :, 3] = mask
# save resulting masked image
cv2.imwrite('person_transp_bckgrnd.png', result)
# display result, though it won't show transparency
cv2.imshow("INPUT", img)
cv2.imshow("GRAY", gray)
cv2.imshow("MASK", mask)
cv2.imshow("RESULT", result)
cv2.waitKey(0)
cv2.destroyAllWindows()
Transparent result:

Change a defined colour in an image using Python

I have an image containing a girl's face and I would like to change the colour of her eyes starting from an identified colour using the RGB in python. I have this colour:
rbg_source=[85, 111, 47]
and this colour as the destination
rbg_destination=[72.50445669, 56.82411376, 47.7519902]
reconstruction the image as the original one substituting only the mentioned colours.
Do you have an idea to do that in python?
I have already used the following solution:
resized_image[np.all(resized_image == (85, 111, 47), axis=-1)] = (72.50445669, 56.82411376,
47.7519902)
# Save result
cv2.imwrite('result1.png',resized_image)
But it returns a bad image without the expect solution.
Please find below an example image
in that image, I would like to change the right eye colour knowing the RGB of that colour i.e. (5, 155, 122)

Here is one way to do that in Python/OpenCV, since I do not have the corresponding RGB colors for the blue and green that you want to use. So I will approximate using baseline blue and green.
Read input
Convert to HSV and separate channels
Specify blue and green hues and get hue difference
Threshold on green color range to make a mask
Use morphology to clean the mask
Add the hue difference to the hue channel and modulo 180
Combine the new hue, the old saturation channel and the old value channel that is biased to increase brightness to match the left eye color and convert back to BGR
Use the mask to merge the new BGR and the original image
Save the results
Input:
import cv2
import numpy as np
# load image with alpha channel
img = cv2.imread('eyes.png')
# convert to HSV
hsv = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
h,s,v = cv2.split(hsv)
# blue is 240 in range 0 to 360; so half in OpenCV
# green is 120 in range 0 to 360; so half in OpenCV
blue_hue = 120
green_hue = 60
# diff hue (blue_hue - green_hue)
diff_hue = blue_hue - green_hue
# create mask for green color in hsv
lower = (30,90,90)
upper = (90,170,180)
mask = cv2.inRange(hsv, lower, upper)
mask = cv2.merge([mask,mask,mask])
# apply morphology to clean mask
kernel = cv2.getStructuringElement(cv2.MORPH_ELLIPSE, (3,3))
mask = cv2.morphologyEx(mask, cv2.MORPH_ERODE, kernel)
# modify hue channel by adding difference and modulo 180
hnew = np.mod(h + diff_hue, 180).astype(np.uint8)
# recombine channels and bias value to make brighter
hsv_new = cv2.merge([hnew,s,v+60])
# convert back to bgr
bgr_new = cv2.cvtColor(hsv_new, cv2.COLOR_HSV2BGR)
# blend with original using mask
result = np.where(mask==(255, 255, 255), bgr_new, img)
# save output
cv2.imwrite('eyes_green_mask.png', mask)
cv2.imwrite('eyes_green2blue.png', result)
# Display various images to see the steps
cv2.imshow('mask',mask)
cv2.imshow('bgr_new',bgr_new)
cv2.imshow('result',result)
cv2.waitKey(0)
cv2.destroyAllWindows()
Mask
Hue and Value shifted BGR image:
Result:
ADDITION:
If you know the exact blue and green BGR colors, you can convert them each to HSV and get the H,S,V differences. Then use those differences as biases to the H,S,V channels of the input image and use the mask to combine that result with the original as I did above.