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Do one of the following:
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• To select the color of a single pixel, click the pixel.
• To sample the color average of a 5-pixel-by-5-pixel area, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) the area.
Press the Escape key to deselect the eyedropper.
Select a color with the Adobe Color Picker
1 Click a color swatch to display the Adobe Color Picker.
(Optional) To prevent panels from updating with the results of your color selection until you accept the color by
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clicking OK, deselect Preview in the Color Picker dialog box. The Preview option is not available in all contexts.
Note: Selecting Preview is convenient for seeing the results of your color selections before you commit them, but it can
also decrease performance, as new images are rendered for the preview in the Composition panel or Layer panel.
Select the component you want to use to display the color spectrum:
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Displays all hues in the color slider. Selecting a hue in the color slider displays the saturation and brightness range
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of the selected hue in the color spectrum, with the saturation increasing from left to right and brightness increasing
from bottom to top.
Displays all hues in the color spectrum with their maximum brightness at the top of the color spectrum,
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decreasing to their minimum at the bottom. The color slider displays the color that's selected in the color spectrum
with its maximum saturation at the top of the slider and its minimum saturation at the bottom.
Displays all hues in the color spectrum with their maximum saturation at the top of the color
B (in the HSB section)
spectrum, decreasing to their minimum saturation at the bottom. The color slider displays the color that's selected
in the color spectrum with its maximum brightness at the top of the slider and its minimum brightness at the bottom.
Displays the red color component in the color slider with its maximum brightness at the top of the slider and its
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minimum brightness at the bottom. When the color slider is set to minimum brightness, the color spectrum displays
colors created by the green and blue color components. Using the color slider to increase the red brightness mixes
more red into the colors displayed in the color spectrum.
Displays the green color component in the color slider with its maximum brightness at the top of the slider and
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its minimum brightness at the bottom. When the color slider is set to minimum brightness, the color spectrum
displays colors created by the red and blue color components. Using the color slider to increase the green brightness
mixes more green into the colors displayed in the color spectrum.
Displays the blue color component in the color slider with its maximum brightness at the top
B (in the RGB section)
of the slider and its minimum brightness at the bottom. When the color slider is set to minimum brightness, the color
spectrum displays colors created by the green and red color components. Using the color slider to increase the blue
brightness mixes more blue into the colors displayed in the color spectrum.
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• Drag the triangles along the color slider, or click inside the color slider to adjust the colors displayed in the color
spectrum.
• Click or drag inside the large square color spectrum to select a color. A circular marker indicates the color's
position in the color spectrum.
Note: As you adjust the color using the color slider and color spectrum, the numeric values change to indicate the new
color. The top rectangle to the right of the color slider displays the new color; the bottom rectangle displays the original
color. Click the bottom rectangle to reset the color to the original color.
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