Replace color with White?

Avery from new jersey usa, using photoshop cs with OS X, writes in with:

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example if i have a 'red' upholsterd chair in a room setting ---
how can i convert this chair to a true 'white' upholstered chair without just playing randomly with the colors in the hue/saturation settings and basically eliminating all the information to get white..
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If you can provide a good answer to this question, then comment below. Thanks for your help!

Comments

[Aaron]

This is what worked for me...

First, convert area to black an white using "hue/saturation --> put saturation to minimum",
then use same selection to increase brightness. Use until enough white amidst the shadows ;)

[sivasankar]

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[chandram mohan]

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[James Voda]

You can try using the "select color" instead of hue and saturation. Select the red and start subtracting all colors except black. Then select nuetrals and do the same. Then
select white etc. This will help if you want to maintain any shading in the "chair".
If you path the chair and delete it, you lose any shading
and what from the image. I hope this helps.

[Marla Mayer]

I have a photo or a person I wish to put on a web site. The photo has a background that I want to remove and have the person's face on a white background. How can I do this?

Also, If I have a photo with a destracting object that I wish to remove, how can I mask the object wo it doesn't show?