Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
4.
Click the background color well on the Tools panel. The Color Picker
(Background Color) dialog box appears. With the H (hue) radio but-
ton selected, the controls are much like the HUD hue strip. Drag
the hue arrows up or down to select a hue and use the color ramp to
select saturation and brightness levels. The new color you are picking
appears as the top swatch while the former background color appears
underneath in an adjacent swatch (for the purpose of comparison).
Notice that all the numbers in the various color modes change as
you pick a color. You can enter values using the radio buttons for all
of the following color systems: HSB, RGB, Lab, CMYK, and the # text
box is for hexadecimal color (see Figure 3.21).
O
When the color
picker is open, you
can sample color
from any open
document within
photoshop. Use the
eyedropper tool
to accomplish this
without the color
picker.
FIGURe 3.21
Using the color picker
5.
Click the Color Libraries button. The Color Picker dialog box is
swapped for the Color Libraries dialog box (see Figure 3.22). Scroll
through the Pantone Sold Matte library and select Pantone 203M.
FIGURe 3.22
Selecting a color from a library
