Copy and paste shortcut color code not working on Photoshop

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November 9, 2016
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Hi I'm using the following specs below:

- iMac 27" Late 2013

- Mac OS Sierra 10.12.1

- Photoshop CC 2017

For some reason, the copy (Command+C) and paste (Command+V) shortcuts do not work on the colour panels a while ago, when the version was in CC 2015, and also now after updating to 2017. The copy and paste shortcuts work on the artboard/canvas though. And the funny thing is the commands work on other programs like Illustrator, it's only persistent in Photoshop.

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Photoshop, resetting Preferences/Settings, installing latest Java for Mac. But the problem still persists.

Hopefully someone can help cause it's very irritating to have to use my mouse to right-click to copy/paste colour codes on Photoshop since I'm using it for work purposes.

Thanks!

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Correct answer Andrew Tebbott

I can confirm that changing my keyboard to British solved this problem for me. I've been unable to copy/paste to/from my hex field for a while now - was frustrating having to manually type out hex references! Thanks so much Adam.

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tom attix

Adobe Employee

Christine-

Are you trying to Copy Color as HTML and then paste it in the Color Picker? If that's the case, use Copy Color as Hex Code, it just copies the number values. HTML includes the color tag, ex: color="#c9cbe4".

-Tom

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christinetohAuthor

Participating Frequently

Hi Tom,

I'm trying to copy the hex code to the color picker, for example, even if I copy a code like 333333 (without the hex sign) to the color picker, it doesn't register. I believe tudor-v has the same problem as me. I'm using the same language version.

Thanks!

Christine