User Guide

CHAPTER 9
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Painting
By default, the slider colors change as you drag. If
you want to turn off this preview feature to
improve performance, choose File > Preferences >
General, and deselect Dynamic Color Sliders.
• Enter values next to the color sliders.
• Click the color selection box, choose a color as
described in “Using the Adobe Photoshop Color
Picker” on page 218, and click OK.
Note: An exclamation point inside a triangle in the
Color palette indicates an out-of-gamut color, that
is, a color that cannot be printed using CMYK inks.
The closest CMYK equivalent appears next to the
triangle. Click the alert triangle to use the CMYK
equivalent. (See “Identifying out-of-gamut colors”
on page 110.)
To sample colors from the color bar:
1 To edit the foreground or background color,
make sure that its color selection box is active
(outlined in black). To make the foreground or
background color selection box active, click
the box.
2 Position the pointer over the color bar (the
pointer turns into the eyedropper), and click to
sample a color.
To change the display of the color bar:
1 Choose Color Bar from the Color palette menu.
2 For Style, choose a model, and then click OK.
The Current Colors style displays a transition from
the current foreground color to the current
background color.
To change the display style of the color bar
quickly, Shift-click in the color bar until
you see the style you want.
Using the Swatches palette
You can choose a foreground or background color
from the Swatches palette, or you can add or delete
colors to create a custom swatch set. You can also
save a set of swatches and reload them for use in
another image. Although you can add colors to the
Swatches palette, you should manage its size and
organization.
To display the Swatches palette:
Choose Window > Show Swatches.
To choose a color:
Do one of the following:
• To choose a foreground color, click a color in the
Swatches palette.
• To choose a background color, Alt-click
(Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) a color in
the Swatches palette.