Adobe 29180155 User Guide - Page 229

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 224 User Guide A B C D E F G H Adobe Color Picker A. Adjusted color B. Original color C. HSB color values D. RGB color values E. Hexadecimal color value F. Displays only web colors G. Color field H. Color slider 1 Click the foreground or background color boxes in the toolbox to display the Color Picker. 2 Click inside the color field. When you click in the color field, a circular marker indicates the color's position in the field, and the numerical values change to reflect the new color 3 Drag the white triangles along the slider to move to another color. 4 Alternately, do any of the following to choose a color: • Enter the hexadecimal value for your color in the text box under the RGB values. (Hexadecimal color values are often used by web designers.) • For RGB color, specify component values from 0 to 255 (0 is no light, and 255 is the brightest light). • For HSB color, specify saturation and brightness as percentages; specify hue as an angle from 0˚ to 360˚ that corresponds to a location on the color wheel. 5 The color rectangle to the right of the color slider displays the new color in the top section of the rectangle. The original color appears at the bottom of the rectangle. 6 Click OK to being painting with the new color. Note: You can select colors using the built-in color picker on your system or a plug-in color picker. Choose Photoshop Elements > Preferences > General and choose the color picker. See also "Using the Color Swatches palette" on page 221 "To add a color to the Color Swatches palette" on page 222