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To select a new background color from an image, Option-click the color you want.
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As you click and drag the Eyedropper tool, the foreground color box changes.
Release the mouse button to pick the new color.
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Note: You can temporarily switch to the Eyedropper tool while using most painting tools, which allows you to change
colors quickly without selecting another tool. Simply hold down the Option key. Once you've chosen your color, release
the Option key.
See also
"About foreground and background colors" on page 216
"Using the Color Swatches palette" on page 221
To choose a color from the toolbox
Do one of the following:
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To set the foreground and background boxes to black and white, click the Default Colors icon
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To switch the colors in the two boxes, click the Switch Colors icon
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To change the foreground color, click the topmost color box in the toolbox, and then choose a color from the color
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picker.
• To change the background color, click the bottom color box in the toolbox, and then choose a color from the color
picker.
See also
"About foreground and background colors" on page 216
"To choose a color with the Eyedropper tool" on page 220
"To use the Adobe Color Picker" on page 223
Using the Color Swatches palette
The Color Swatches palette (Window > Color Swatches) is a good place to store the colors that you use often in your
images. You can select a foreground or background color by clicking a color swatch in the Color Swatches palette.
You can add or delete colors to create a custom swatch library, save a library of swatches, and reload them for use in
another image. You can change the way thumbnails are displayed in the Color Swatches palette by choosing an option
from the More menu.
Although you can add many colors to the Color Swatches palette, you should manage its size and organization to
improve performance. Creating libraries can help you group related or special swatches and manage palette size.
The Adobe Photoshop Elements/Presets/Color Swatches folder contains the various swatch libraries. When you
create custom libraries, saving them to the Color Swatches folder makes them automatically appear in the palette
libraries pop-up menu.
See also
"To save and use custom swatch libraries" on page 223
"To add a color to the Color Swatches palette" on page 222
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