What Does the Eyedropper Tool Do in Photoshop?
Contents the Eyedropper Tool Samples Color to Designate a New Foreground or Background Color. You Can Sample from the Active Image or from Anywhere Else on the...
The Eyedropper tool samples color to designate a new foreground or background color. You can sample from the active image or from anywhere else on the screen.
How does eyedropper work?
Using the eyedropper, click the color you want to match; it’s immediately applied to the selected shape or object. For a more accurate way of getting the exact color you want when many colors are clustered together, select the color by pressing Enter or spacebar instead.
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Is using the eyedropper tool cheating?
It’s not cheating and you don’t need to inform anyone that you used it for a piece. It is a good idea to learn color theory eventually though, and your art will be stronger if you can look at a reference and approximate the colors from scratch without the need to sample colors from a reference.
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