Selecting colors

You select colors directly in the optimized image or in the color table. In ImageReady, you can select a color from another application, such as a Web page displayed in a browser.

To select a color from the optimized image:

1. Select the Eyedropper tool in the Save for Web dialog box (Photoshop) or the toolbox (ImageReady).
2. Click a color in the image. A white border appears around that color in the color table. Shift-click to select additional colors.

To select a color from another application (ImageReady):

(ImageReady) Select the Eyedropper tool, click in the image, hold the mouse down, and drag anywhere on the desktop. You can use this option to select a color displayed in another application, such as a color in a Web page displayed in a browser.

To select a color directly in the color table:

Click the color in the Color Table palette.

To select a contiguous group of colors, press Shift and click another color. All colors in the rows between the first and second selected colors are selected.

To select a discontiguous group of colors, press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) and click each color that you want to select.

To select colors based on a selection in the image (ImageReady):

1. Make a selection in the image using the selection tools or the Select menu commands.
2. Choose Select All From Selection from the Color Table palette menu.

To select all colors:

Choose Select All Colors from the Color Table palette menu.

To select all Web-safe colors:

Choose Select All Web Safe Colors from the Color Table palette menu.

To select all non-Web-safe colors:

Choose Select All Non-Web Safe Colors from the Color Table palette menu.

To view selected colors in an image (ImageReady):

Select the optimized image. Then click and hold a selected color in the Color Table palette to temporarily invert the color in the optimized image, enabling you to see which areas of the image contain the color.

To view a contiguous group of colors, press Shift and click and hold another color. All colors in the rows between the first and second selected colors are inverted.

To view a discontiguous group of colors, press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) and click each color that you want to select, and hold the mouse button down on any color in the group.

To deselect all colors:

Choose Deselect All Colors from the Color Table palette menu.