To Change The Spectrum Displayed In The Color Palette; To Select A Color In The Color Palette; About The Swatches Palette; To Change How Swatches Are Displayed - Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS2 User Manual

To change the spectrum displayed in the color palette

1 Choose an option from the Color palette menu:
RGB Spectrum, CMYK Spectrum (Photoshop), or Grayscale Ramp to display the spectrum of the specified color
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model.
• Current Colors to display the spectrum of colors between the current foreground color and the current
background color.
2 To display only web-safe colors, choose Make Ramp Web Safe.
To change the spectrum of the color ramp quickly, Shift-click in the color ramp until you see the spectrum you want.
See also
"Web-safe colors" on page 245

To select a color in the Color palette

1 To edit the foreground or background color, make sure that its color selection box is active (outlined in black) in
the Color palette. To make the foreground or background color selection box active, click the box.
Do one of the following:
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• Drag the color sliders. By default, the slider colors change as you drag. In Photoshop, you can turn off this feature
to improve performance by deselecting Dynamic Color Sliders in the General section of the Preferences dialog
box.
Enter values next to the color sliders.
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Click the color selection box, choose a color using the color picker and click OK.
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• Position the pointer over the color ramp (the pointer becomes the eyedropper), and click to sample a color. Alt­
click to apply the sample to the nonactive color selection box.
See also
"About the Adobe Color Picker" on page 241

About the Swatches palette

The Swatches palette stores colors that you need to use often. You can add or delete colors from the palette or display
different libraries of colors for different projects.
To display the Swatches palette, choose Window > Swatches, or click the Swatches palette tab.

To change how swatches are displayed

Choose a display option from the Swatches palette menu:
Displays a thumbnail of each swatch. This is the default view.
Small Thumbnail
Small List Displays the name and thumbnail of each swatch.
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