8. Choosing a Background and a Foreground color.
Photoshop uses the foreground color to paint, fill, and stroke selections and the backgroundcolor to make gradient fills and fill in the erased areas of an image. The foreground and background colors are also used by some special effects filters.
You can designate a new foreground or background color using the Eyedropper tool, the Color panel, the Swatches panel, or the Adobe Color Picker.
The default foreground color is black, and the default background color is white. (In an alpha channel, the default foreground is white, and the background is black.)
You can designate a new foreground or background color using the Eyedropper tool, the Color panel, the Swatches panel, or the Adobe Color Picker.
The default foreground color is black, and the default background color is white. (In an alpha channel, the default foreground is white, and the background is black.)
Choose colors in the toolbox
The current foreground color appears in the upper color selection box in the toolbox; the current background color appears in the lower box.
Foreground and background color boxes in toolbox
A. Default Colors icon
B. Switch Colors icon
C. Foreground color box
D. Background color box
The current foreground color appears in the upper color selection box in the toolbox; the current background color appears in the lower box.
Foreground and background color boxes in toolbox
A. Default Colors icon
B. Switch Colors icon
C. Foreground color box
D. Background color box
- To change the foreground color, click the upper color selection box in the toolbox, and then choose a color in the Adobe Color Picker.
- To change the background color, click the lower color selection box in the toolbox, and then choose a color in the Adobe Color Picker.
- To reverse the foreground and background colors, click the Switch Colors icon in the toolbox.
- To restore the default foreground and background colors, click the Default Colors icon in the toolbox.