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Use the Color Picker tool
The Color Picker tool offers additional options for choosing and managing colors in Pixelmator Pro. You can also choose how the color picker samples colors or what information it displays. These settings will apply when picking colors everywhere in Pixelmator Pro.
Use the Color Picker tool
- Choose the Color Picker tool by doing one of the following:
- Click
in the
Tools sidebar. - Choose Tools > Color Picker (from the Tools menu at the top of your screen).
- Press on your keyboard.
- Click
Customize the tool:
- Adjust the color picker sample size: "1 point sample" selects color from a single pixel in an image. You can also choose "3 by 3 average" or "5 by 5 average" to read the average value of the area within the adjacent 3 by 3 or 5 by 5 pixels.
- Choose the color picker color values: Under Color Code, choose "RGB" to use RGB codes when displaying color values, or "HEX" to use the web-safe HEX codes.
- Show color names: Select the "Show closest color name" checkbox to show a color name closest to the picked color value, or deselect to hide it.
Click anywhere in your image to pick a color.
Note: Pixelmator Pro remembers the settings you choose, the swatches you add, or the color palettes you create, so you can work with the same settings and colors across multiple documents.
Save, redefine, or remove color swatches
You can use the color picker to easily save and manage the colors you work with in Pixelmator Pro:
Save a color swatch: When you have a color selected, in the Color Palettes pop-up menu, choose where you'd like to save it, then click 
or click More
and choose Add Preset in the menu that appears.
Redefine a color swatch: If you'd like to replace the color of an existing color swatch with your currently selected color, you can redefine it. – click a color swatch, then choose Redefine in the menu that appears.
Remove a color swatch: – click a color swatch, then select Remove in the menu that appears.
Create, rename, or remove color palettes
You can use the color picker to create and manage your color palettes in Pixelmator Pro:
Create a color palette: Click More next to the Color Palettes pop-up menu and choose New Collection.
Rename a color palette: If you'd like to give your collection of swatches a different name, click More next to it, then choose Rename.
Remove a color palette: Click More next to the Color Palettes pop-up menu and choose Remove.
