Is there a way to get current foreground and background colors? (not default ones)

[EdwardPlantagenet]

As above. Any ideas? I can't even find a way to get script listener to solve this one.

[I have gone · Accepted solution]

Something like this?

var bkColour = app.backgroundColor;

var fgColour = app.foregroundColor;

alert("Background Colour = " + bkColour.rgb.hexValue);

alert("Foreground Colour = " + fgColour.rgb.hexValue);

[EdwardPlantagenet]

Yes, exactly like that. I misunderstood the documentation.

Should have tried it first. Idiot!

Thanks.

[JJMack]

Your question reminded me of an old script I wrote.  I can not type so for me scripting is very hard Actions are faster and easier to create. However actions can not use logic. So I have written some little scripts to use in actions to add a little logic.   One of the thing I wanted to be able to do in actions was to be able to save and restore foreground and background colors so I could set color use them and then restore the original colors. It just took a little scripting.

/* ======================================================================================
// 2009  John J. McAssey (JJMack)  http://www.mouseprints.net/
//  
// This script is supplied as is. It is provided as freeware. 
// The author accepts no liability for any problems arising from its use.
//
// This script is designed to be used by a Photoshop Action twice
// A good pratice to use when creating an actions that use this scipt is for the action 
// not to do a save or play some other action between its two useages of this Script.
// 
// The first time this script is used by an action Photoshops Current Forground 
// and Background Colors are saved into the document's meta-data Info Instructions field.
//
// The second time this script used by the action the script retreives what was
// saved in the meta-data during the first usage and these colors are set.
// and the saved data is removed from the document's meta-data Info Instructions field.
//
// ===================================================================================== */
/*
<javascriptresource>
<about>$$$/JavaScripts/SaveAndRestoreColors/About=JJMack's SaveAndRestoreColors.^r^rCopyright 2009 Mouseprints.^r^rRun twice script utility for action.^rNOTE:Don't play other actions between runs!^r^rFirst Run records Photoshops foreground and background swatch colors.^rSecond Run restores the recorded colors and removes the recording.</about>
<category>JJMack's Action Run Twice Utility</category>
</javascriptresource>
*/
if (app.documents.length > 0) { 
          if (app.activeDocument.info.instructions.indexOf("<Colorf>") == -1 ){ // no footprint fisrt useage 
                    //alert("first");
                    // Retreive Document information for Foot Print 
                    saveforeColor = new SolidColor;
                    saveforeColor.rgb.red = app.foregroundColor.rgb.red;
                    saveforeColor.rgb.green = app.foregroundColor.rgb.green;
                    saveforeColor.rgb.blue = app.foregroundColor.rgb.blue;
                    savebackColor = new SolidColor;
                    savebackColor.rgb.red = app.backgroundColor.rgb.red;
                    savebackColor.rgb.green = app.backgroundColor.rgb.green;
                    savebackColor.rgb.blue = app.backgroundColor.rgb.blue;
                    // put footprint in metadata info instructions
                    app.activeDocument.info.instructions = app.activeDocument.info.instructions + "<Colorf>" + saveforeColor.rgb.red + "," + saveforeColor.rgb.green + "," + saveforeColor.rgb.blue + "</Colorf>" + "<Colorb>" + savebackColor.rgb.red + "," + savebackColor.rgb.green + "," + savebackColor.rgb.blue + "</Colorb>"; 
                    //alert( "Saved ="  + "<Colorf>" + saveforeColor.rgb.red + "," + saveforeColor.rgb.green + "," + saveforeColor.rgb.blue + "</Colorf>" + "<Colorb>" + savebackColor.rgb.red + "," + savebackColor.rgb.green + "," + savebackColor.rgb.blue + "</Colorb>"); 
          } 
          else { 
                    //alert("second");
                    // Retreive saved information
                    colorfOffset = app.activeDocument.info.instructions.indexOf("<Colorf>") + "<Colorf>".length;
                    colorfLength = app.activeDocument.info.instructions.indexOf("</Colorf") -colorfOffset; 
                    saveforeColor = app.activeDocument.info.instructions.substr(colorfOffset, colorfLength);
                    colorbOffset = app.activeDocument.info.instructions.indexOf("<Colorb>") + "<Colorb>".length;
                    colorbLength = app.activeDocument.info.instructions.indexOf("</Colorb") -colorbOffset;
                    savebackColor = app.activeDocument.info.instructions.substr(colorbOffset, colorbLength);
                    //alert("Colorf = " + saveforeColor + " Colorb = " + savebackColor );
                    // Restore Colors
                    app.foregroundColor.rgb.red = saveforeColor.substr(0,saveforeColor.indexOf(",")); 
                    saveforeColor = saveforeColor.substr(saveforeColor.indexOf(",") + 1,saveforeColor.length); 
                    app.foregroundColor.rgb.green = saveforeColor.substr(0,saveforeColor.indexOf(","));
                    saveforeColor = saveforeColor.substr(saveforeColor.indexOf(",") + 1,saveforeColor.length);
                    app.foregroundColor.rgb.blue = saveforeColor ;
                    app.backgroundColor.rgb.red = savebackColor.substr(0,savebackColor.indexOf(","));
                    savebackColor = savebackColor.substr((savebackColor.indexOf(",") + 1),savebackColor.length); 
                    app.backgroundColor.rgb.green = savebackColor.substr(0,savebackColor.indexOf(","));
                    savebackColor = savebackColor.substr(savebackColor.indexOf(",") + 1,savebackColor.length);
                    app.backgroundColor.rgb.blue = savebackColor ;
                    // Remove footprint from metadata info instructions
                    before = app.activeDocument.info.instructions.substr(0,app.activeDocument.info.instructions.indexOf("<Colorf>"));
                    afterOffset = app.activeDocument.info.instructions.indexOf("</Colorb>") + "</Colorb>".length;
                    after = app.activeDocument.info.instructions.substr(afterOffset, app.activeDocument.info.instructions.length - afterOffset);
                    //alert ("before = " + before + " after = " + after);
                    app.activeDocument.info.instructions = before + after;
          } 
} 
else { alert("You must have at least one open document to run this script!"); }