Method #1

Let's click the foreground color, which is black, by default.

The Color Picker window appears.

First, look under the small black box.

The H (hue) radio button is selected, by default.

This button should be selected when you're selecting a color.

Now, let's say we want to change the foreground color from black to a blue color.

1) Click, hold, and drag one of the white triangles next to the the "rainbow" column.

Drag the slider to the blue area.

You can also click anywhere on the column to choose a color.

2) Then, click a blue in the color field, the big square of color.

Method #2

Note how the four colors below are defined by three numbers, for red, blue, and green.

	Dark Red		Goldenrod		Dark Olive Green		Light Sky Blue
Red	139		218		85		135
Green	0		165		107		206
Blue	0		32		47		250

Enter the values in the Color Picker window in the R, G, and B boxes.

Below, dark red was created by entering 139, 0, and 0.

Go to Color Samples for more color values to enter into the Color Picker boxes.

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