Adobe PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS Manual page 83

You can designate a new foreground or
background color using the eyedropper tool, the
Swatches palette, or the Adobe Color Picker.
Using color settings in the toolbox
The current foreground color appears in the upper
color selection box in the toolbox; the current
background color appears in the lower box.
The Info palette and the Adobe Color Picker let
you display color values using a number of color
models. (See "About color modes" on page 68.)
To change the foreground or background color:
Do one of the following:
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To change the foreground color, click the upper
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color selection box in the toolbox.
To change the background color, click the lower
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color selection box in the toolbox.
Choose a color in the Adobe Color Picker.
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(See "Using the Adobe Color Picker" on page 77.)
To reverse the foreground and background colors:
Click the Switch Colors icon ( ) in the toolbox.
To set current colors to black and white:
Click the Default Colors icon ( ) in the toolbox.
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Using the eyedropper tool
The eyedropper tool samples color from an image
to designate a new foreground or background
color. You can sample from the active image or
from another image. (When you're using the
eyedropper, you can click in a background image
without making it the active image.)
You can also specify the area sampled by the
eyedropper tool. For example, you can set the
eyedropper to sample the color values of a
3-by-3-pixel area under the pointer. Modifying the
sample size of the eyedropper affects the color
readouts displayed in the Info palette.
To select the foreground or background color:
1 Select the eyedropper tool (
2 To change the sample size of the eyedropper,
choose an option from the Sample Size menu:
• Point Sample to read the precise value of the
pixel you click.
3 by 3 Average or 5 by 5 Average to read the
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average value of the specified number of pixels
within the area you click.
Select a color:
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To select a new foreground color from an image,
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click the color you want.
To select a new background color from an
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image, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac
OS) the color you want.
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