Using other color pickers

In addition to the default Adobe Color Picker, you can use the built-in color pickers on your system or a plug-in color picker to select colors. Any plug-in color pickers you install appear under Color Picker in the General section of the Preferences dialog box. For information on installing and using a plug-in color picker, see the documentation that came with the plug-in.

To use the Windows Color Picker (Windows):

1. Choose Edit > Preferences > General.
2. Choose Windows from the Color Picker menu, and click OK.

For more information, see your Windows documentation.

To use the Apple Color Picker (Mac OS):

1. Do one of the following:
• (Photoshop) Choose Photoshop > Preferences > General.
• (ImageReady) Choose ImageReady > Preferences > General.
2. For Color Picker, do one of the following:
• (Photoshop) Choose Apple and click OK.
• (ImageReady) Choose System, and click OK.

For more information, see your Mac OS documentation.

To return to the Adobe Color Picker after using another color picker:

1. Do one of the following:
• In Windows, choose Edit > Preferences > General.
• (Photoshop) In Mac OS, choose Photoshop > Preferences > General.
• (ImageReady) In Mac OS, choose ImageReady > Preferences > General.
2. Choose Adobe from the Color Picker menu, and click OK.