12. Colors & Blending Modes

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In This Chapter

Choosing colors 191

Using the Color Picker 192

Choosing colors from a color library 193

Using the Color panel 194

Using the Swatches panel 195

Using the Eyedropper tool 197

Copying colors as hexadecimals 197

Choosing a blending mode 198

In the first part of this chapter, you’ll learn how to choose colors to use with various tools and commands. The last part of this chapter is a reference guide to the blending modes, which are available for tools, layers, and commands. In other chapters, you’ll learn how colors are actually applied.

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