Color Dropper modes The Color Dropper selects either actual colors where you click, or it selects the inks applied to vector or text objects. To set the mode of the Color Dropper, double-click the Color Dropper tool icon. In the dialog box, select an option and click OK. The mode remains set unless you use the dialog box to change it. Object Ink Selects inks and actual colors, not the apparent color that you click. In vector or text objects, the Color Dropper selects object inks — color, gradient, symbol, texture, and hatch inks. It does not take into account transfer modes or transparency effects. If you click an object’s stroke, you select its pen ink; if you click an object’s interior, you select its fill ink. In the case of paint objects, which do not have inks, the color you click is selected as a color ink. For example, if you click a gradient ink with the Color Dropper, it selects the gradient ink, not the color under the pointer. If you click a dotted symbol ink, the tool selects the symbol ink, not the color where you click. In paint objects, the Color Dropper selects applied paint colors, not colors you see because of transfer modes, channel masks, or other transparency effects. For example, if you click a black area that is 50% transparent against a white background, you select solid black, not the 50% gray that you see. Pixel Color Selects the apparent color that you click at the tip of the Color Drop- per pointer. This mode works the same whether you click a paint, vector, or text object. For example, if you click a gradient ink in a vector object, you select the exact color you click, not the gradient ink. If you click in an object that has transparency and transfer mode effects, you select the exact color you see. Selecting a color in Pixel Color mode lets you identify the color’s values. When you click a pixel, the Color manager in the Inks palette shows the color values. Object Ink mode Pixel Color mode Selected ink Selected color
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