Any idea what this thing is and how to remove it?

[mvs94]

I honestly have no clue how to describethis thing, and I'm not sure how it appeared. It goes away when I use the transform, move, or select tool, but reappears if I try to use a brush on a layer. Any help would be greatly appreciated! 

[jane-e · Accepted solution]

Hi @mvs94 

It's called the Color Sampler tool and it shares space with the Eyedropper tool.

Select the tool again, then:

• Alt+Click on it to delete it
• Remove all in the options bar
• Drag it out off the canvas

The keyboard shortcut is Shift + Eyedropper + Click, which may be how you got it accidentally. It does not print.

https://jkost.com/blog/2018/03/the-eyedropper-color-samplers-and-info-panel-in-photoshop-cc.html

Scroll to "The Color Sampler Tool" heading.

Jane

[mvs94]

Thank you so much! I'd never seen it before and it threw me for a loop!

[jane-e]

You're welcome, @mvs94 , I can see that it could be baffling!

~ Jane

[Stephen Marsh]

The Info panel [F8]  is arguably one of the most important panels in Photoshop, the colour sampler/s will be shown there for evaluation.