How do you fill in color on Photoshop?

Fill a selection or layer with color

  1. Choose a foreground or background color.
  2. Select the area you want to fill.
  3. Choose Edit > Fill to fill the selection or layer.
  4. In the Fill dialog box, choose one of the following options for Use, or select a custom pattern:
  5. Specify the blending mode and opacity for the paint.

What is the difference between the eyedropper tool and color sampler tool?

The color sampler tool works in the same way as the eyedropper tool, except it creates persistent pixel value readouts that are displayed in the Info panel and is capable of displaying up to four color sample point readouts in an image (see Figure 1).

How do you use a color sample tool?

How to Use the Color Sampler Tool in Photoshop CS6

  1. Select the Color Sampler tool in the Tools panel and then click the color you want to measure.
  2. Repeat Step 1 up to three more times for a total of four targeted colors.
  3. With the Color Sampler tool, drag the targets to sample new areas of your image, if you want.

How do I change a color to a color in Photoshop?

  1. Start by going to Image > Adjustments > Replace Color. Tap in the image to select the color to replace — I always begin with the purest part of the color.
  2. Next, choose the eyedropper with the plus sign to add to the selection.
  3. When you’re finished selecting all the red that needs to be changed, hit the OK button.

How do I open the color library in Photoshop?

In the bottom left corner of the Swatches panel is a panel button labelled “Swatch Libraries”. When you click that button a flyout menu appears. If you choose “Color Books”, then you can choose the same library (such as Pantone+ Coated in your screenshot) from the submenu that appears.

How do you replace color in Photoshop?

How to Switch Colors with Replace Color in Photoshop CS6. Click the colors you want to select. You can click the colors in either the image itself or the Preview window. Shift-click or use the plus (+) Eyedropper tool to add more colors. Press the Alt key (Option key on the Mac) and click, or use the minus (–) Eyedropper tool and click,…

How to change color in Photoshop?

In the Layers panel, click the Create New Group button to create a layer group.

  • With the selection still active, click the Add Layer Mask button in the Layers panel to create a mask in the shape of the selection around the object.
  • What does the pencil tool do in Photoshop?

    Photoshop provides two tools for drawing (painting) directly to the image: The brush tool and the pencil tool. Both tools work basically the same way — you left-click and drag your mouse in the image to draw. Painting uses the currently selected foreground colour.

    What color is Photoshop?

    By default, Photoshop sets the Foreground color to black and the Background color to white. Since my Background color was set to white, that’s the color Photoshop used to fill in the selection: The Foreground (upper left) and Background (lower right) color swatches.