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Use the Colors window
The Colors window in Pixelmator Pro lets you access the system color palettes, and all the macOS-native color pickers such as the color wheel, sliders, and pencils.
The Colors window has four sections: the different color pickers at the top (color wheel, color sliders, color palettes, image palettes, and pencils); the active color picker in the middle; the large color swatch in the lower-left to show the currently selected color; the eyedropper for picking colors; and the row of boxes to pick or save new color swatches.
Use the Colors window
- To open the Colors window, do one of the following:
- Click
in the color picker popover. - Choose View > Show Colors (from the View menu at the top of your screen).
- Press + + on your keyboard.
- Click
- Do any of the following:
- Choose a color for a selected text, shape, color adjustment, or effect: Click the color picker tab at the top of the Colors window, then choose a color. You can specify a more precise color by using the sliders or entering values.
- Pick a color: Click the eyedropper, then click anywhere on the computer screen to choose a color.
- Save colors to use again: At the bottom of the Colors window, drag the color from the larger color swatch on the left to an empty well on the right. To remove a color, drag it to the Trash in the Dock. Colors saved to the color swatches library remain accessible across applications and restarts.
Important: Colors in the color wells update based on the tool or the layer selected, so if you select a color for one tool, the colors don't change for others (except for the painting tools). This means that if you leave the Colors window open for one tool, and select another object in the canvas, clicking colors in the already open Colors window does not change the newly selected object.
