To View Color Values In An Image - Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS2 User Manual

Using Levels and Info palette to neutralize the tone of an image
You can view the color of a single location using the Eyedropper tool
Samplers to display color information for one or more locations in the image. These samplers are saved in the
image, so you can refer to them repeatedly as you work, even if you close and reopen the image.
Color samplers and Info palette

To view color values in an image

1 Choose Window > Info to open the Info palette.
Select the Eyedropper tool
2
bar:
Reads the value of a single pixel.
Point Sample
Reads the average value of a 3-by-3 pixel area.
3 By 3 Average
5 By 5 Average Reads the average value of a 5-by-5 pixel area.
If you selected the Color Sampler tool
3
place a sampler.
or Color Sampler tool , and if necessary, choose a sample size in the options
, place up to four color samplers on the image. Click where you want to
, or you can use up to four Color
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