It's the kind of interactivity that makes sense when you read the instructions, but remains easy to forget because it's not a natural action to click and drag on a tool icon. I am a huge fan of the Affinity products, but as a usability analyst, I'm still inclined to view this particular tool behavior as strongly counter-intuitive. I didn't think to use the word 'sampler' until I started writing up the original post.

I think I was using the term 'color picker' instead of 'sampler'.

Edit the RGB values to match the ones from the Paint app and the HEX value will update in real time.Don't know why I had so much trouble finding that help entry.and I did look. Simply enter RGB to HEX in Google search and a little app will open on the Google search results page. You can use Google to convert codes from RGB to HEX. If you intend to enter the color in a different app, check if it takes HEX values or RGB values. These three values give you the RGB value of the color.Ĭolor codes are either in HEX values or RGB values. Take note of the values in the Red, Green, and Blue fields. This will open the Edit Colors window with the color in Color 1 already selected.īe careful you do not accidentally change the color on this window. Click the Edit Colors button next to the Edit with Paint 3D button. Once the color has been picked, you need to find its code. The color will be selected for the Color 1 swatch. Select it and click the part of the image you want to pick the color for. Look for the little eye dropper tool on the Home tab on the ribbon. You might not use the app for much but it’s still a very capable one and it’s already installed on your system making it the perfect solution for when you’re in a pinch. There are a lot of free apps that let you pick a color from an image but Windows 10 comes with one out of the box that can pick colors. If you like the color in an image and want to use it as an accent color, or use it for graphs you’re creating in Microsoft Word, you need to find the exact code for it.

Of course, no one can actually remember the color code for a color except for maybe white which is FFFFFF or black which is 000000. The colors you see on your desktop or on a website all have a particular number that you can use to reference them. A color picker is a tool that you can use to find the exact color that’s used in an image.

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