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Using other color pickers


    In addition to the default Adobe Color Picker, you can select colors by using the built-in color pickers on your system or a plug-in color picker. These color pickers appear in the General Preferences dialog box. For information on installing and using a plug-in color picker, see the documentation that came with the plug-in.

To use the Windows Color Picker (Windows):

  1. Choose Edit > Preferences > General.
  2. Choose Windows from the Color Picker menu, and click OK.
  3. For more information, see your Windows documentation.

To use the Apple Color Picker (Mac OS):

  1. Choose Edit > Preferences > General.
  2. For Color Picker, choose Apple, and click OK.
  3. For more information, see your Mac OS documentation.

To return to the Adobe Color Picker after using another color picker:

  1. Choose Edit > Preferences > General.
  2. Choose Adobe from the Color Picker menu, and click OK.