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Loading and Selecting a Color From an Image (Mac OS X)

To load and select a color from an image:

  1. Click on the Image Palettes button along the top of the Colors dialog box.
  2. Select New From File... from the Palette drop-down list below the image well.
  3. Locate your image in the New Color Palette dialog box.
  4. Click the Open button. Your image appears in the Image Palettes picker.
  5. Click and Drag your cursor around the Image well until the color you want is in the Color well.

  6. Note: To switch from image to image, use the pop-up list at the top of the Image Well.

    Note: You can also load an image you have copied to the Mac OS X clipboard by selecting New From Pasteboard from the pop-up menu at the bottom of the image well. Additionally, you can drag an image file from the Finder and drop it on the Image Well.

updated 10/16/2012