Choose a color while painting

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Learn how to use the HUD (heads-up display) color picker to choose colors while painting in Adobe Photoshop.

The HUD (heads-up display) color picker lets you select colors directly in the document window while painting. This gives you real-time context by sampling from your image.

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The HUD color picker requires OpenGL to be enabled in Photoshop. If it's disabled, the HUD picker will not appear.

Choose the type of HUD color picker

Select Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences > General (macOS).

From the HUD Color Picker menu, select one of the following:

  • Hue Strip: Displays a vertical picker.
  • Hue Wheel: Displays a circular picker.

Choose a color from the HUD color picker

Select a painting tool from the toolbox, such as the Brush tool, Pencil tool, or Mixer Brush tool.

Hold Shift + Alt + right-click (Windows) or Control + Option + Command (macOS) and select anywhere on the document to open the HUD Color Picker.

Drag in the picker to select a Hue (color) and Shade (tone).

Tip:

Press and hold the spacebar to lock the current shade while you change the hue, or vice versa.

To pick a color directly from the image, hold Alt (Windows) or Option (macOS) to temporarily activate the Eyedropper   tool.