Paint eyedropper tool

The eyedropper tool is a feature that allows you to select a color in the canvas and extract that color to the foreground color of the color window.

From here, use the eyedropper tool to select the a, b, c, and d areas. Eyedropper at c. In both cases, you can see that the colors are extracted to reflect the colors and blends of each of the layers in the spot where you dropper.

In this case, only the colors drawn on the selected layer will be imported. Notice the foreground color in the color window. Using the eyedropper, click the color you want to match; it's immediately applied to the selected shape or object. For a more accurate way of getting the exact color you want when many colors are clustered together, select the color by pressing Enter or spacebar instead.

Tip: You can also match colors from elsewhere on your screen. After clicking Eyedropper , click and hold the mouse button as you drag your mouse to the color you want to match. The eyedropper tool disappears when you move outside the PowerPoint window, but the color will still preview and be matched.

Point at the color you want to apply, and then click. The color is immediately applied to the slide background. If you want all slides in your file to have that same background, at the bottom of the Format Background pane, select Apply to All. If you've changed your mind and don't want to apply the color, at the bottom of the Format Background pane, select Reset Background. You can use the eyedropper tool anywhere that you can access the More Colors menu option, such as in shape fills, shape outlines, shadow settings, line options, chart fills, and so on.

The menu option name may vary for example, you might see More Fill Colors depending on the type of object you're working with. For most slide objects, you can simply double-click it to open the Format pane, where you can find all the color options for that object.

Select the shape or object you want to assign a different color to. To select multiple objects, press Shift and then click the objects. Move the Colors dialog box to one side so that it's out of your way: click the title bar of the dialog box and then drag.

Click the eyedropper tool near the bottom of the dialog box. As you move your pointer over other colors in your presentation, the circle shows a preview of the color you're pointing at. In this example, the eyedropper tool is showing a preview of a purple color that is matched to a color on the slide background.

Select OK in the Colors dialog box to confirm your color choice and apply it to the shape or object you selected in step 1. Tip: You can also match colors anywhere on your screen. When the Dropper Tool is used to acquire a fill that is a bitmap, the Dropper Tool is automatically swapped for the Paint Bucket Tool and a thumbnail of the bitmap image appears in place of the Fill Color option in the Color Tray of the Toolbox.

There is no blending between the paint color and the base color. The set Opacity values apply to the paint color. Select Dynamic to move the clone source the area the paint is sampled from as you move the destination brush. You can also complete a shape by left clicking somewhere away from the shape. There is a Clone tool that makes a copy of the shape. Need to figure out a color quickly? Color 1 is the outline Color. Color 2 is used as the inside color.

Let us Draw the following picture using these color boxes Page 12 Step 1: Click on color 1.