Choose a color with the Adobe Color Picker
You can choose a color by entering color component values in HSB, RGB, and Lab text boxes, or by using the color slider and the color field.
To choose a color with the color slider and color field, click in the color slider or move the color slider triangle to set one color component. Then move the circular marker or click in the color field. This sets the other two color components.
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You can choose a color outside the Adobe Color
Picker window. Moving the pointer over the document window changes
it to the Eyedropper tool. You can then select a color by clicking
in the image. The selected color is displayed in the Adobe Color
Picker. You can move the Eyedropper tool anywhere on your desktop
by clicking in the image and then holding down the mouse button.
You can select a color by releasing the mouse button.
Choose a color using the HSB model
Using the HSB color model, the hue is specified in the color field, as an angle from 0° to 360° that corresponds to a location on the color wheel. Saturation and brightness are specified as percentages. In the color field, the hue saturation increases from left to right and the brightness increases from the bottom to top.
- In the Adobe Color Picker, select the H option and then enter a numeric value in the H text box or select a hue in the color slider.
- Adjust the saturation and brightness by clicking in the color field, moving the circular maker, or entering numeric values in the S and B text boxes.
- (Optional) Select either the S option or B option to display the color’s saturation or brightness in the color field for making further adjustments.
Choose a color using the RGB model
Choose a color using the Lab model
When choosing a color based on the Lab color model, the L value specifies the luminance of a color. The A value specifies how red or green a color is. The B value specifies how blue or yellow a color is.
- In the Adobe Color Picker, enter values for L (from 0 to 100), and for A and B (from ‑128 to +127).
- (Optional) Use the color slider or color field to adjust the color.
Choose a color using the CMYK model
You can choose a color by specifying each component value as a percentage of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black.
In the Adobe Color Picker, enter percentage values
for C, M, Y, and K, or use the color slider and color field to choose
a color.Choose a color by specifying a hexadecimal value
You can choose a color by specifying a hexadecimal value that define the R, G, and B components in a color. The three pairs of numbers are expressed in values from 00 (minimum luminance) to ff (maximum luminance). For example, 000000 is black, ffffff is white, and ff0000 is red.
In the Adobe Color Picker, enter a
hexadecimal value in the # text box.
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