6.0 Swatches Palette
Used
for storing special colors
Grouped with the Color, and Styles palettes
In the default arrangement, this one will be in the group which is second from the top in your column of palettes. To bring the Swatches palette to the front of the group, click on its title tab, or choose Window > Show Swatches.
If you want to use a consistent group of colors in a picture you are working on, you can store them in the Swatches palette and reuse them as needed. Sets of colors can be saved, and reloaded for use in other images.
To add a swatch to the Swatches palette, you can use the eyedropper, the Color palette, or the Color picker to select a foreground color. Then click on an empty area in the Swatches palette, and that color will appear as a new swatch.
If you want to replace an existing swatch with the new color, hold down Shift and click on that swatch. The new color will replace the old. In all cases, when you are in position to add a swatch, the cursor will turn into the paint bucket.
To select a swatch as the foreground color, click on the swatch. To select a swatch as the background color, hold down the Alt key and click on the swatch.
If you want to delete a swatch, hold down Ctrl, and click on that swatch. The cursor will turn into a pair of scissors when you do this.
If you want to return to the default collection of swatches, choose Reset Swatches from the palette menu, shown below.
The swatches you have chosen are saved in the Adobe Photoshop preferences file when you exit the program.
The illustration below left shows the Swatches palette numbers added to identify the 1) new swatch button, and 2) the Trash/Delete button.
To the right is the options menu, found by clicking on the little arrow
at top right of the palette.
To display any palette which is not currently on the screen, choose Window > Show [palette name], or to remove a palette from view, choose Window > Hide. You can just as easily click the x in the upper right hand corner of any palette to close it.
To hide all palettes and the toolbar, press the Tab key. To hide the palettes, but leave the toolbar in view, hold down the Shift key while pressing the Tab key. Pressing the Tab key again will bring them all back. This can be a big help if the palettes are overlapping an image you are trying to work on.
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