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sizer99
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Oct 16, 2026 11:48 PM UTC
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P: New Color Picker takes 10-20 seconds to appear and is missing the web colors option.

Adobe Photoshop Version: 28.0.1 20261014.m.3714 ae936ff  x64 (beta, PublicBeta)
Operating System: Windows 11 64-bit
Version: 11 or greater 10.0.26200.9711
System architecture: AMD CPU Family:15, Model:4, Stepping:0, AVX2, AVX-VNNI, AVX-512, Built-in memory: 62885 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 49284 MB

Name:                         NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
Driver version:            32.0.16.1742

 

Clicking on a color picker box in the left toolbar, character color, or layer options (anywhere) makes PS Beta freeze for 10-20 seconds. I thought it was completely dead and was about to kill it when the box finally popped up! Subsequent uses are not any faster to open, which makes this release a total slog to use.

It’s also missing the Web Colors Only option, which I liked - but that may be a design choice. The 10-20 second freeze is the real killer.
 

 

    Pinned Reply By Anshul_Saini

    Greetings all, 

    A new update for the Adobe Photography products has been released.  The Max update (Beta v28.0.1 20261027.m.3728 fc91e5 & GA v28.0.0 20261027.r.20 3951c45) contains an update regarding this issue. 

    If you do not see the update in your Creative Cloud Application, you can refresh it by pressing  [Ctrl/Cmd]+[Alt/Opt]+[ R ].

    Note: It may take up to 24 hours for your update to be available in your Creative Cloud app.

    Thank you for being so patient. 

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    Anshul_Saini
    Community Manager
    Anshul_SainiCommunity ManagerPinned
    Community Manager
    Nov 10, 2026 11:00 PM UTC

    Greetings all, 

    A new update for the Adobe Photography products has been released.  The Max update (Beta v28.0.1 20261027.m.3728 fc91e5 & GA v28.0.0 20261027.r.20 3951c45) contains an update regarding this issue. 

    If you do not see the update in your Creative Cloud Application, you can refresh it by pressing  [Ctrl/Cmd]+[Alt/Opt]+[ R ].

    Note: It may take up to 24 hours for your update to be available in your Creative Cloud app.

    Thank you for being so patient. 

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    sizer99Author
    Known Participant
    Nov 11, 2026 6:13 PM UTC

    Mine updated today, and I seem to have an even later version than this, Nov 04 2026 ( Beta 28.1.0 20261104.m.3737 3b06213  x64 (beta, PublicBeta) but it still has the issue. If it does update again to the Oct 27 3728 I’ll update this.

     

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    Playful_Dreamer36b5
    Participant
    Oct 30, 2026 2:06 AM UTC

    I'm experiencing the same issue. The color picker lags for 10 seconds. This is completely

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    carolinaz91744260
    Participant
    Oct 25, 2026 1:05 PM UTC

    I’m experiencing the same Color Picker delay in Photoshop Beta.

    Whenever I click a color swatch to change a color, including in Layer Style dialogs, the Color Picker takes a long time to load. The dialog appears blank/white before its controls are displayed.

    This started recently and happens repeatedly.

    Comparison and troubleshooting:

    • The issue occurs in Photoshop Beta.

    • I tested the regular, non-Beta version of Photoshop on the same computer, and the issue does not occur there.

    • Disabling “Use Graphics Processor” in Photoshop Beta did not resolve the issue.

    Steps to reproduce:

    1. Open a document in Photoshop Beta.

    2. Open a Layer Style dialog, such as Inner Glow.

    3. Click the color swatch to open the Color Picker.

    4. The dialog appears blank/white and takes a long time to display its controls.

    Expected result: The Color Picker should open promptly, as it does in the regular version of Photoshop.

    System:

    • Windows 11 Pro 64-bit

    • Intel Core i9-13900K

    • 128 GB RAM

    • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti

    • Photoshop Beta version: 28.0.1 

    • Approximate delay: 10s - 20s

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      jefermata
      Participant
      Oct 20, 2026 7:03 PM UTC

      I'm experiencing several serious issues with the Color Picker in Photoshop on Windows 11.

      Color Picker is extremely slow: The Color Picker dialog takes approximately 5 seconds to open every time I click to change a color.

      Cannot change the color of selected text: When I select a specific portion of text to change only its color, clicking the color option causes the text selection to be lost. As a result, I can't apply different colors to individual words or sections of the same text layer.

      Color changes are not applied: Sometimes, after selecting a new color and clicking OK, nothing happens. The previous color remains unchanged.

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        jchipperfield
        Participant
        Oct 20, 2026 7:03 PM UTC

        When using the colour picker on a text layer, the preview is not updating in real time. I won’t see the actual color I selected until I hit ok.

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          DaveSawyer
          Adobe Employee
          Oct 23, 2026 12:11 AM UTC

          We tried the beta build from yesterday and couldn't reproduce the issue of no real-time updates of the text color. QE tried on Mac and Win and couldn't reproduce the issue. It used to not update in real time, so perhaps you are on an older version?

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          DaveSawyer
          Adobe Employee
          Oct 20, 2026 5:57 PM UTC

          ​@Lance Garrard We’re trying to reproduce the slow open here. Are you also on Windows? Are you doing soft proofing? Once it opens, is it responsive or does every little change take 10 seconds? Thanks!

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            Lance Garrard
            Participating Frequently
            Oct 20, 2026 6:27 PM UTC

            Once the Color Picker Opens it works fine. But if you have to select a new color, then you have to wait another 10-20 seconds for the Color Picker to Open again. FYI I’m running Windows 11 with 64Gb RAM and 2 x 1TB Storage and a RTX 3060 Ti

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            DaveSawyer
            Adobe Employee
            Oct 19, 2026 9:17 PM UTC

            You have to go to the Color PANEL and use the menuitem there. After that, you will be working in web safe mode and the color picker will show websafe colors in the sliders and hue cube. The gamut warning will also warn if the current color is outside the web safe list of 216 colors (and coming soon Fix Gamut will bring the color back to the closest web safe color)

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              Lance Garrard
              Participating Frequently
              Oct 20, 2026 7:19 AM UTC

              Thanks so much for getting back to me. I’ve followed your instructions and adjusted the color panel. The color Picker still takes 10-20 seconds to pop-up with web safe colors? Furthermore, I am editing photos, so web safe colors are useless to me. I would reiterate that this problem is only happening in the Beta version. So I don’t think it’s a hardware problem? Cheers

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              Lance Garrard
              Participating Frequently
              Oct 19, 2026 9:07 PM UTC

              Same problem here, it’s only the Beta version with this problem

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                CShubert
                Community Manager
                CShubertCommunity Manager
                Community Manager
                Oct 19, 2026 8:18 PM UTC

                Hi all, the web safe color option is available via the hamburger menu on the side of the Color panel.

                 

                Thanks,

                Cory - Photoshop Product Manager

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                  Lance Garrard
                  Participating Frequently
                  Oct 19, 2026 9:05 PM UTC

                  No hamburger menu available see attached?

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                  Lance Garrard
                  Participating Frequently
                  Oct 19, 2026 7:49 AM UTC

                  If you click on the color palette to bring up the Color Picker. it is very slow to load in Beta (10-20) seconds

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