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January 19, 2017
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Why is photoshop colours not working?

  • January 19, 2017
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The colours in Photoshop is not working. Every time I try picking a colour from the swatches/make a colour or select it from the colour gradients it just gives me a grey scale colours. All the different colours, once picked just shows in different shades of grey. How do I fix this?

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    Correct answer Benjamin Root

    Go to Image > Mode > RGB

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    Participant
    December 6, 2020

    brilliant !!! 

    DeviiaAuthor
    Participant
    March 9, 2017

    Image > Mode > RGB was the right fix. For some reason my photoshop was switching modes while I was working and this was throwing me off because I would start in RGB then somehow everything just changed to grey when I went to choose a colour.

    Thank you

    Theresa J
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 20, 2017

    It sounds like you have a layer mask selected or a single channel. Make sure you have the pixel part of a layer selected.

    The other possibility is that your document is grayscale or bitmap.

    Participant
    July 17, 2022

    Thanks so much Theresa J it helped, it was grayscale selected. Now am enjoying.

    Benjamin Root
    Benjamin RootCorrect answer
    Legend
    January 19, 2017

    Go to Image > Mode > RGB

    Participant
    January 28, 2020

    Thank you