Visualization of the Tolerance Example

Again, here's the color of the sky at the point where you clicked.

This color is composed of the colors below.

The tolerance was set to 50.

Photoshop Elements selects colors that are 50 brightness values above and below the above values.

Below, the white bars represent the range of brightness values from 0 to 255.

112

162

Because the tolerance is set to 50 in the example, Photoshop Elements select the reds 50 levels above, and 50 levels below, 112.

112 is the red level that was sampled when you clicked on the sky.

143

193

243

Photoshop Elements selects the greens reds 50 levels above and below 193.

193 is the green level that was sampled when you clicked on the sky.

193

243

255

Photoshop Elements selects the blues 50 levels above and below 243.

243 is the blue level that was sampled when you clicked on the sky.