The pointer appears as the Eyedropper Tool. Right click the color swatch you wish to delete » select Delete Swatch.
The color swatch is removed from the Swatches palette. Deleting Swatches: Swatch OptionĬlick and drag the color swatch to Delete Swatch. Right click the color swatch you wish to rename » select Rename Swatch.ĭeleting the unused swatches from the color palette makes finding your other swatches easier and faster. Renaming Swatches: Swatch Optionĭouble click the color swatch you wish to rename. You can rename the pre-selected color swatches that Photoshop has already named or change the name of your own saved swatches. In the Name text box, type the new color name. The Color Swatch Name dialog box appears. The Color Picker (Foreground Color) or Color Picker (Background Color) dialog box appears. In the Toolbox, click Set Foreground Color or Set Background Color. In the Name text box, type the new swatch name.Ī new color swatch is added to the Swatches palette.Ĭreating New Swatches: Color Picker Option The Color Swatch Name dialog box appears with a sample of the new color swatch next to the Name text box. NOTE: The pointer appears as the Paint Bucket Tool.Ĭlick the unused portion of the Swatches palette. Position your mouse over the unused portion of the Swatches palette. Set the foreground color to the color you wish to save as a swatch.įrom the Swatches palette, click Create New Swatch of Foreground Color.Ī new color swatch is added to the unused portion of the Swatches palette. For more information on selecting a color, see Working with Colors. In addition to using the pre-selected Swatches palette colors, you can customize new color swatches for a specific color or set of colors that you use frequently. That color becomes the active foreground color. Position the mouse over the Swatches palette. To select a color currently displayed on the Swatches palette: If the window is open, but the Color palette or Styles palette is active, select the Swatches tab. If the Swatches palette is not visible, do the following: The Swatches palette shares a window with the Color and Styles palettes. For more information about selecting colors in Photoshop CS3, refer to Working with Colors. The Swatches palette consists of small color squares called "swatches." When selected, a swatch-color becomes the active foreground color for the image you are working with. If you are working with a specific color scheme, you can customize the Swatches palette to display your choice of colors and color names in addition to the pre-selected colors. This article is based on legacy software.įor easy and accurate color selection, the Swatches palette provides over 130 of the most used colors. Selecting a region changes the language and/or content on .(Archives) Adobe Photoshop CS3: Working with Color Swatches The tint has the same name as the swatch the tint percentage appears after the name. Click the Swatches option at the top of the panel and click the New Swatch button at the bottom to save the tint.To easily apply the same tint color elsewhere, and to maintain color consistency, you can save the tint as a swatch. Drag the slider to the left to make the color lighter. Click the Fill color or Stroke color in the Properties panel and click the Color Mixer option at the top of the panel to show a single tint (T) slider.Apply the swatch you created to the fill or stroke of artwork.With the color swatch created, you can apply that color to other artwork and then create a tint, or lighter version, of the color. In the New Swatch dialog box that appears, change the swatch name and click OK to save it.Click the New Swatch button at the bottom to save the color as a swatch.Click the Swatches option at the top of the panel that’s still open, to show the default color swatches.They represent the 3 colors: Red, Green, and Blue, that are combined to create color for viewing on screens.Īfter sampling a color, save it as a swatch so you can apply it again elsewhere, maintain color consistency, and make it easy to edit the color across all applied artwork. For an RGB (web, screen) document, you will see RGB sliders in the Color Mixer. The CMYK sliders represent the typical printing inks used when printing in color: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black. Tip: For a CMYK (print) document, you will see CMYK sliders in the Color Mixer. Click in the color spectrum to sample a color and apply it to the fill of the selected artwork.In the panel that appears, click the Color Mixer option at the top to show color sliders and the color spectrum at the bottom.Select artwork and click the Fill color in the Properties panel.
To start, create a new color using the Color Mixer.
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