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872Final Cut Pro User Guide
1. In Final Cut Pro, Control-click a color well, or click the adjacent downward arrow.
2. In the pop-up color palette, do one of the following:
• Select a color from the spectrum of hues, saturation, and lightness: Click in the
top area.
• Select a grayscale value: Click in the bottom gradient.
As you move the pointer over either area, the pointer becomes an eyedropper, the
column on the right displays the RGB and HSL values for the sampled colors, and two
swatches above the RGB information display the current and sampled colors. As you
sample in the spectrum, the selected object is updated in the viewer.
Use the Colors window in Final Cut Pro
You can use the macOS Colors window in Final Cut Pro, giving you access to the familiar
color pickers such as the Spectrum palette or the Pencils palette.
The Colors window has four sections: the icons at the top select picker interfaces; the
large color swatch shows the current color; the middle section shows the active picker; and
the row of boxes can be used to save swatches.
Show the Colors window
• Click a color well in Final Cut Pro.
Pick a color in the Colors window
Do one of the following:
• Click a color in the color picker area.
• Click the eyedropper, then click anywhere on the computer screen to choose a color.
The color you click in the Colors window loads into the well, and the selected item
changes color.