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April 14, 2025
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Color selector is awful now

  • April 14, 2025
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I have to click so many places now to get to the color i want. It used to be that if I wanted an orange I can select that color range on the right and the intensity of it on the left, now I get these really light color selections and I have to click who knows where to get the color I want. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. The only reason I keep Photoshop now is that it works with PDFs better than anybody elses program. Photoshop gets worse by the day.

Correct answer pixxxelschubser

Is this a ‘modified’ Photoshop (because of the coloured title bar) ?
What happens when you activate the ‘H’ radio button?

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davescm
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 14, 2025

@2799194 

Click on the H of HSB to restore the normal look (rather than the R of RGB that is currently highlighted in your screenshot)


Edit: Sorry, I've just noticed this is already suggested above by pixxelschubser
Dave

Participating Frequently
April 14, 2025

Yeah, I got that. I want that choice to be selected by default every time. I don't want to have to select H every single time I want to select a color to get the correct picker. Is that possible?

davescm
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 14, 2025

Here it defaults to whatever I used it as the last time, in other words the last setting sticks

Dave

Srishti Bali
Community Manager
Community Manager
April 14, 2025
pixxxelschubser
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 14, 2025

@scott_5978 
What exactly do you mean?

 

 

Semaphoric
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 14, 2025

It sounds like you have inadvertantly changed one of the selector buttons. Could you post a screen shot of your  color picker?

Participating Frequently
April 14, 2025

The top one is what I get now in my personal Photoshop compared to what it used to be and still is in my work Photoshop (the bottom color picker)





 

pixxxelschubser
Community Expert
pixxxelschubserCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
April 14, 2025

Is this a ‘modified’ Photoshop (because of the coloured title bar) ?
What happens when you activate the ‘H’ radio button?