LAB
color is made up of three components/channels: L, A, and surprise! B.
The lightness channel L carries all of the contrast while the color
channels A (green-red) and B (blue-yellow) carry… well, the color.
LAB keeps color and contrast isolated from each other, so adjusting
the curves of one will not affect the other. Although a simple color
shift can be done using a simple method such as HUE, major color shifts
going from one side of the color wheel to the other can benefit from
the power of LAB.
When
a big color shift is made in the RGB colorspace using HUE, you can see
where highlight/shadow detail is lost and compression artifacts start
to show up from the lighter channels.
Convert your image to the LAB colorspace by going
to Image: Mode: Lab Color.