Add, replace, and delete color swatches
Color swatches can be added or deleted from the Swatches palette.
You can also add a color
swatch from the color picker by clicking the Add To Swatches button. 
Add a color to the Swatches palette
- Do one of the following:
-
Click the New Swatch button
in
the Swatches palette. Alternatively, choose New Swatch from the
Swatches palette menu. -
Position the pointer over an empty space in the bottom row of the Swatches palette (the pointer turns into the Paint Bucket tool), and click to add the color. Enter a name for the new color and click OK.
Color selected from image (left), and added to Swatches palette (right)
Note: New colors are saved in the Photoshop preferences file so that they persist between editing sessions. To permanently save a color, save it in a library. -
Replace a color in the Swatches palette
- Click a color swatch in the Swatches palette to make it the foreground color.
- Edit the foreground color.
- Shift-click the original color swatch to replace it with the edited color.
Do one of the following:
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