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Hecubus114
Hecubus114
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February 12, 2013
Question

Eyedropper in PS CS6 picking wrong color

  • February 12, 2013
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My eyedropper started picking the wrong color!  I ahve reset and reinstalled PS - and still have this problem.  No matter what color I click the eyedropper on, it picks a shade darker than what I want.  Anyone have any ideas?  Like I said, I am running PS CS6 on OS Mountain Lion.

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    lunar_sutar
    lunar_sutar
    Participant
    January 22, 2018

    Hi,

    -Select EYE DROPPER

    -Right click

    -Select POINT SAMPLE

    DONE

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      unique_happiness5D2D
      Participant
      March 27, 2018

      thankyou !

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      3d_menu
      Participant
      February 20, 2015

      Eyedropper in PS CS6 picking wrong color

      My eyedropper in Photoshop CS6 is picking wrong color !!. Below given image will show the eyedropper results. From the image it's clear that the eyedropper (color picker) is picking different color in different area from a plane color box (which is not a gradient one). The actual color in the box is #F72727.

      Chris Cox
      Chris Cox
      Legend
      February 21, 2015

      You didn't check all the options -- you have the sample size set to a large area, and it is averaging in the white outside the red.

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      3d_menu
      Participant
      February 23, 2015

      But even if I am selecting with the eyedropper, I am not getting the exact color. It always picking a lighter version of the actual color.

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      pixel cannon
      Participant
      August 25, 2014

      I know this is old, but i want to answer it in case anyone searches for this problem in the future. My problem is that i had a layer of curves activated/visible. when i used the eydropper tool, it was taking the original layer that already has a curve on it, and then putting another curve on it again!  just deactivate the curve layer and the problem is solved.

        Noel Carboni
        Noel Carboni
        Legend
        February 21, 2013

        Also make sure that if you're expecting it to pick the color of the pixel you click on that it's sampling a single pixel.

        Activate the Eyedropper Tool, RIGHT click on the document, and choose the sample size you want (e.g., single pixel).  If it's set to a larger sample size it will average in adjacent colors.

        -Noel

          Danae5D19
          Danae5D19
          Participant
          April 30, 2021

          Thank you so much! I have been trying to figure this problem out for awhile. This solved the issue for me:)

           

            conroy
            conroy
            Participating Frequently
            February 12, 2013

            Activate the Eyedropper. If it's still misbehaving then post a PNG screenshot of the entire screen - we need to see the document, Layers panel and Options bar when the Eyedropper is the active tool.

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            hjvedvik
            Participant
            February 21, 2013

            I also have problems with the eyedropper in RGB mode. I have a blue background color and when selecting it with the eyedropper I get #244f69 when I'm in RGB mode. And if I use that color in CSS on a website, the color gets darger than the original color in Photoshop. But if I change to CMYK mode and use the eyedropper again, then i get this code on the same background #00516a. And with that code I get the color I want on the website.

            Adobe Photoshop Version: 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00) x64

            Am I doing something wrong?

            conroy
            conroy
            Participating Frequently
            February 21, 2013

            hanci wrote:

            I also have problems with the eyedropper in RGB mode. I have a blue background color and when selecting it with the eyedropper I get #244f69 when I'm in RGB mode. And if I use that color in CSS on a website, the color gets darger than the original color in Photoshop. But if I change to CMYK mode and use the eyedropper again, then i get this code on the same background #00516a. And with that code I get the color I want on the website.

            Adobe Photoshop Version: 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00) x64

            Am I doing something wrong?

            Apart from your Photoshop needing updated to at least 13.0.1, the problem may be that your RGB document, which you're sampling in Photoshop, does not have sRGB profile and/or your Web browser is not colour managed and/or your computer is not using a correctly calibrated monitor profile and/or something else.

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