10-11-2012, 05:20 AM
I paint that same way every time. I know where you're coming from, if you paint a face in grayscale, then add color with layer properties set to color, the darker areas of the face seem to be real bright and saturated. I normally bring it down by blending in either a very desaturated version of the skin color, or add a very desaturated version of whatever the base or background color is. In other words, after you pick your skin color, click the color selection and reselect something further to the left and a little lower. As such would appy to other materials as well. Just something to try!