Replacing a portrait backdrop with a solid color

A man with glasses and a collared shirt in front of a bookcase.

BeforeAfter

Replace the existing backdrop.
Keep fine hair edges.
Clean the old color spill.
Apply the chosen solid color behind the figure.
Preserve the glasses frame.
Keep the original skin tone.
Preserve the source lighting.
Retain the collar shape.

Selected beige-gray background color, sRGB C8C1B5 — Selected for this fictional author-profile example: beige-gray, sRGB #C8C1B5. The swatch specifies only the new background.

Fictional personal-author portrait: he likes his expression and glasses but needs a quieter background for his portfolio biography. The chosen beige-gray is sRGB #C8C1B5. The face, natural skin color, expression, glasses, gray shirt, pose and source lighting are preserved from the exact source. Only the background and its hair/collar edge blending change; narrow edge cleanup removes old bookshelf and plant color spill, without a general beauty or color pass.