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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2
User Guide
Note: Although Photoshop and ImageReady use the Adobe Color Picker by default, you can set a preference to have
Photoshop and ImageReady use a different color picker. For instance, you can use the built-in color pickers on your
system or a plug-in color picker. Any plug-in color pickers you install appear under Color Picker in the General section
of the Preferences dialog box.
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Adobe Color Picker
A. Picked color B. Original color C. Adjusted color D. Out-of-gamut alert icon E. Not web-safe alert icon F. Web Colors
option G. Color field H. Color slider I. Color values
To display the Adobe Color Picker
Do one of the following:
• In the toolbox, click the foreground or background color selection box.
• In the Color palette, click the Set Foreground Color or Set Background Color selection box.
• In the text tool options bar, click the color swatch.
• (Photoshop) In the Layers palette, click the color swatch in a fill or shape layer.
• (Photoshop) In the Gradient Editor, double-click a color stop.
• (Photoshop) In the options bar of a shape or pen tool, click the color swatch.
• (Photoshop) In the Layer Style dialog box for certain layer styles (such as Outer Glow and Inner Glow), click the
Set Color box.
• (Photoshop) In the dialog box of certain color and tonal adjustment commands, double-click an eyedropper or
click a color swatch. Not every eyedropper lets you set a target color. For instance, double-clicking the eyedroppers
in the Replace Color command does not open the Adobe Color Picker.
Specifying a color using the color field and color slider
With theHSB,RGB,and Labcolor modes, youcan usethe colorfield andthe colorsliderinthe ColorPickerdialog
box to select a color.