Illustrator

Color Picker overview

The Color Picker lets you select an object’s fill or stroke color by choosing from a color field and spectrum, defining colors numerically, or clicking a swatch.

Color Picker

A.
Color field

B.
HSB color values

C.
Current color

D.
Previous color

E.
Color spectrum slider

F.
Color spectrum

G.
RGB color values

H.
Hexadecimal color value

I.
CMYK color values

Display the Color Picker

 Double-click the fill or stroke color selection box in the Tools panel or Color panel.

Change the color spectrum displayed in the Color Picker

 Click a letter: H (Hue), S (Saturation), B (Brightness), R (Red), G (Green), or B (Blue).

Display only web-safe colors

Web-safe colors are those used by all web browsers, regardless of the platform.

 Select Only Web Colors.

View color swatches instead of the color spectrum

 Click Color Swatches. Click Color Models to return to view the color spectrum.