Picker always samples for background colour...?

Forum|Forum|14 years ago
July 5, 2011
6 replies
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Hi,

Probably a simple fix

but I'm on someone else's computer

so some of the PS settings are different

than mine.

I try to use the colour picker to get colour

in the foreground box, but it always automatically

goes to the background box.

Can someone tell me how to fix this please?
CS4

thanks

How to

Correct answer

When I use the eye dropper to sample a colour, that colour then

sets the background colour.

If I use ALT, with dropper, it sets foreground... which is opposite

of what should be happening.

Quite strange.

Unless you have a stuck alt key or something, then the color choosen by

the eyedropper (foreground/background) is determined by which swatch is

active in the color panel. The active swatch should have a black square around it.

If all else fails, resetting the photshop preferences might set things straight.

Hold down the Shift+Alt+Ctrl keys while starting photoshop until you get a dialog

asking to delete the photoshop settings file and click Yes.

MTSTUNER

J

JooYoungChoi

Participating Frequently

I had the same problem, I watched this tutorial I found through a good search and it made it very clear how to do fix it 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA2UghoWVr0

I went to the window thing on the top and opened up the color window (not the one in your tools thing) in the color window it shows the foreground and background color, there is a slight grayish border highlighting the one that you want the color picker to deposit the color into. The color boxes were highlighting the background color, once I clicked the foreground color box, and then tried the eye dropped tool it was working right again 🙂

R

Rone913

New Participant

THANK YOU!!!

L

LozoKrakAuthor

Participating Frequently

Thanks everyone!

Works!

I will probably be posting other questions in regards to this

computer's PS settings.

Thanks a lot