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How to create abstract colorful rainbow background

Layer Style > Gradient Overlay for the next line:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
We’ve got the next result:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Apply Layer Style > Gradient Overlay for the next line’s layer:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
We’ve got the next gradient on the line:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Layer Style > Gradient Overlay for the next line’s layer:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
We’ve got the next result:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Apply Layer Style > Gradient Overlay for the next line’s layer:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
We’ve got the next gradient on the line:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
The rest of the lines must have the same settings for Layer Style > Gradient Overlay demonstrated below:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
We’ve got the next results:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Combine in a group all the lines’ layers and Merge Down the group, the same way we did before. Then click the eye icon next to a layer with the earlier made lines to show its content.

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Apply now the Free Transform (Ctrl) command, click the Switch Between Free Transform And Warp Modes button in the Options bar and use the control points to distort the made lines the same way as it is shown below:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Add for the lines’ layer the Layer Style > Drop Shadow:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
We’ve got the next shadow:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create a new layer and select Soft Round brush of black color (Opacity 20%) from Brush Tool (B)

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Paint here with Soft Round brush to dark out the very first line’s layer on the upper side and downwards. Place this layer between the lines’ layers.

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create a new layer again and choose again here the Soft Round brush mentioned earlier of black color (Opacity 20%) to dark out the lines the same way demonstrated below:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Set the Blending Mode for this layer to Overlay

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create a new layer again and select for it the Soft Round brush of black color (Opacity 20%)

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Paint to dark out the lines the same way indicated on the next picture:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Select Create new fill or adjustment layer from bottom part of the Layers panel and click to Curves to adjust the curve shape as shown to add more contrast on image:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
We’ve got the next effect:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create one more new layer and choose for it the Soft Round brush of white color this time (Opacity 30%)

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Paint to make lighter the lines, the same way demonstrated next picture:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Set the Blending mode for this layer to Overlay

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4
The final result!

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