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Foreground & Background Colors

For most operations in Photoshop Elements, you want to use the default foreground and background colors.

They're black and white.

Default Foreground Color	Black
Default Background Color	White

If the boxes in the lower-left corner of your screen aren't black (top box) and white (bottom box), do the following.

Press d, or click the tiny black-and-white boxes icon.

If the colors are reversed, press x, or click the tiny double-arrow icon.

The colors will switch positions.

If you double click one of the color boxes, the Color Picker window will open.