Teach Yourself Visually™: Adobe® Photoshop® CS3

Chapter 6. Paint and Draw with Color

You can add splashes, streaks, or solid areas of color to your image. Photoshop offers a variety of tools with which you can add almost any color imaginable. This chapter introduces you to those tools and shows you how to choose your colors.

Select the Foreground and Background Colors 98

Select a Web-Safe Color 100

Select a Color with the Eyedropper Tool 101

Select a Color with the Swatches Palette 102

Add a Color to the Swatches Palette 103

Using the Paintbrush Tool 104

Change Brush Styles 106

Create a Custom Brush 108

Apply a Gradient 110

Using the Paint Bucket Tool 112

Fill a Selection 114

Stroke a Selection 116

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