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Using color settings 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.

    The Info palette, the Color palette, and the Adobe Color Picker let you display color values using a number of color models. (See About color modes and models (Photoshop).)

To change the foreground or background color:

  1. Do one of the following:
    • To change the foreground color, click the upper color selection box in the toolbox.
    • To change the background color, click the lower color selection box in the toolbox.
  2. Choose a color in the Adobe Color Picker. (See Using the Adobe Color Picker.)

To reverse the foreground and background colors:

    Click the Switch Colors icon Switch Colors icon in the toolbox.

To restore the default foreground and background colors:

    Click the Default Colors icon Default Colors icon in the toolbox.