Selective color is one of those love it or hate it things. Those who don't care much for it might say that making only part(s) of a photo/drawing colorful is an easy way to get your creations labeled as "art". Might it also be said that any kind of editing brings about the same response? Besides, selective coloring can serve a very separate purpose, and that is emphasis in order to convey a certain idea.

Hopefully the following deviations will prove that including selective color isn't a technique that "begs for recognition". Imagine some of these photos without the selective color and decide on what you think is better
(next to digital, traditional drawings and deviations created with stock, I will indicate which is which. Each deviation has the creator's username next to it, followed by the title).

wontbackdown - Oh Eye
JollyJoker1411 - Red
Hidden666 - Rainbow II
DaGiff7 - ColoringOurWorld
ComeWatchMyArt - Fog
ssp-xt - Passerby...
deluca - Madeleine
W-Uno - Guitar
AmyTheFreak - The Dumbing Down of Love
HeelsOverHead - Henna
jetsetaphrodite - stairs plus tree
DigitalAbsinthe - Choice
beefarelli - Beautiful in Chicago
mawi--bule - Hong Kong Bus
MrFunnyPants - Gather by the River
CapnSkusting - The Gates VII
mojorison - traffic in mechanicsburg
Marantha66 - Yakuza (trad. art)
LadyArabella - .Crimson Butterfly. (used stocks)
GoranDA - In the light
UsagiAFN - My Sister and her red rose
abuseofreason - Saved?
Butchers - Black and White (digital art)
mercibonsoir - There's a Record On My Face
ExquisiteDistraction - Standing Alone
ArtIsterik - On the road...
AberrantAnomaly - I Think I Can...
AdigunPolack - Hericorn's Flight trad art
innovation4d - The Follower (digital art)
weathered182 - Vanity
xxemoxxstarxx - Glowing Orange Sky
The-Rob - Soft Cut 2
Eileithyia - Smooth Lie