Color picker

This tool allows you to define a new color for either the foreground, background or paint tools by clicking on a part of an image.

Click on Color Picker image\ppColorPicker.gif on the Tools bar. The pointer turns to an eye-dropper.

Position the eye-dropper over a color and click once. The foreground color box on the Tools bar becomes the same color as the color you clicked on.

You can now use a paint tool to paint with this color, or redefine the background color by exchanging the foreground color box with the current background color box.

(Note that the Recent Colors box displays a collection of the most recent colors picked out by the Color Picker, or selected in the Select Color dialog - see Color selection - when you are choosing a color for the foreground. If it is not visible, select Recent Colors from the View menu. Selecting any of the colors will make it the current foreground color.)

See:

Color selection

Paint Tools

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