### 5.4. Farbpipette

The Color Picker Tool is used to select a color on any image opened on your screen. By clicking a point on an image, you can change the active color to that which is located under the pointer. By default, the tool works on the active layer, but the Sample merged option lets you grab the color as a composite from all visible layers. Only colors in visible layers are used. A Color Picker Information window opens when you click on the image.

#### 5.4.1. Werkzeugaufruf

There are different possibilities to activate the tool:

- From the main menu: Tools → Color Picker..

- By clicking the tool icon in the Toolbox.

- By pressing the O keyboard shortcut.

- By pressing the Ctrl key while using a paint tool. The Color-picker dialog is not opened during this operation and the tool remains unchanged after releasing the key. Nevertheless, you can get information by using the Pointer window.

#### 5.4.2. Key modifiers

Ctrl

  Ctrl does nothing here. But, when using a paint tool, pressing Ctrl allows you to pick colors without having to switch to Color Picker tool.

Shift

  If the Use info window (Shift) option is not checked, pressing the Shift key when you click on a pixel opens the Color Picker Information window.

  | Anmerkung
  The Pointer Information gives you the same information permanently. Note that it defaults to Sample merged.

#### 5.4.3. Eigenschaften

Abbildung 14.139. Der Werkzeugeigenschaften-Dialog

Normally, tool options are displayed in a window attached under the Toolbox as soon as you activate a tool. If they are not, you can access them from the main menu through Windows → Dockable Windows → Tool Options which opens the option window of the selected tool. The available tool options can also be accessed by double clicking the corresponding tool icon in the Toolbox.

Sample average

  Mit dem Schieberegler Radius können Sie die Abtastgröße der Farbpipette einstellen. Die Farbe wird über eine quadratische Fläche abgetastet und ergibt einen durchschnittlichen Farbwert. Bei der Farbselektion durch die Pipette wird die aktive Fläche beim Klick auf die Ebene visuell dargestellt.

Sample merged

  If you enable this option, sampling is not calculated only from the values of the active layer, but from all visible layers.

  For more information, see the Glossary entry.

Pick Target (Ctrl)
  Pick only

    Der aufgenommene Farbwert wird nur in einem Informationsdialog dargestellt.

  Set foreground color

    The Foreground color, as shown in the Color Area of the Toolbox, will be set to the color of the pixel you click on.

  Set background color

    The Background color, as shown in the Color Area of the Toolbox, will be set to the color of the pixel you click on.

  Add to palette

    Wenn Sie dieses Ankreuzfeld aktiviert haben, wird die mit der Pipette aufgenommene Farbe zur aktuellen Farbpalette hinzugefügt. Weitere Informationen dazu finden Sie beim Paletteneditor.

Use info window (Shift)

  Wenn diese Eigenschaft aktiviert ist, wird automatisch das Informationsfenster geöffnet. Diese Eigenschaft können Sie umkehren, wenn Sie während des Klickens die Umschalt-Taste gedrückt halten.

  Abbildung 14.140. Color Picker Information Window

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