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Many old black and white photos suffer from yellow stains and discoloration. 

When we are doing a quick (that is, cheap) minimal restoration, we want to get rid of this as quickly as possible. 

Click on the small photographs to see a bigger version. 

First we scan the picture in color.

Second we adjust the levels. Notice that when we lighten everything else, the discoloration becomes very obvious. 

Now I go to Image > Adjust > Hue/Saturation. The shortcut is Control-U.

Next we edit the yellows. We bring the saturation all the way to zero and the lightness all the way to 100.

There's still some work to do, particularly on the forehead. But we've gotten rid of the yellow discoloration without touching an eraser, brush or cloning tool!