Changing Foreground and Background Colors
You can change the Foreground and Background Colors that Pixelitor tools use by using the Set Foreground Color and Set Background Color dialog boxes. For example, you can change the Foreground Color to red and then use the Brush tool to paint with red. These two dialog boxes are identical except for the title bar, and an example for the Foreground Color is shown.
When picking a color, you can specify it using the HSB or RGB color model. In the HSB model, the following color components are used:
- Hue: An angle from 0 to 360 degrees in which each angle on the color wheel is a different color.
- Saturation: A percentage from 0 to 100 that specifies a color’s saturation.
- Brightness: A percentage from 0 to 100 that specifies a color’s brightness.
In the RGB model, the following color components are used:
- Red: A value from 0 to 255 that specifies the amount of red present in a color.
- Green: A value from 0 to 255 that specifies the amount of green present in a color.
- Blue: A value from 0 to 255 that specifies the amount of blue present in a color.
When you enter values using one color model, Pixelitor calculates and displays corresponding values for the other model.
To change the Foreground or Background Color
- In the lower left of the Pixelitor window, do one of the following:
- To change the Foreground Color, select the small square color sample of the Foreground Color on the left.
- To change the Background Color, select the small square color sample of the Background Color on the right.
- To pick a color, do one of the following:
- Select a color in the color wheel.
- Enter a value in one or more of the six text boxes.
- Select one of the six radio buttons, each of which is associated with a color component, and use the vertical slider to change that component.
- Enter an RGB hexadecimal value from 000000 (for black) to FFFFFF (for white) for the desired color.
Tip: You can also change the Foreground Color by selecting the Color Picker tool and then selecting a color in an image. For more information on using this tool, see Picking a color to use from an image.
Tip: You can also right-click on the Foreground or Background Color sample in the lower left of the Pixelitor window to access a shortcut menu for specifying the color. Note that, among other options, a Color History option is present, which you can use to access recently used colors.
Related topic
Picking a color to use from an image