One of the great things for any artist is how the Procreate app allows you to quickly find and organize your colors. Procreate has several features that help you with this.

The color picker tool gives you the ability to pick any color in Procreate and use the same color again. An eyedropper tool helps you to be able to choose the exact color you want to use in Procreate. The color drop tool is what allows you to drop a specific color onto the canvas. Essentially all these Procreate tools enable you to be able to pick the correct color for your artwork.

Understanding all of Procreate’s color picker tools helps you use the Procreate app for all your digital art needs.

Procreate’s Color Picker Tool

A color picker tool is a tool to guide you to pick colors or find a specific color. Using the color picker tools correctly means you can always find the exact colors you need for your digital artwork.

You do not need to find a color constantly as the Procreate app will help you keep track of the colors you have already used. There are two important color picker tools, namely the eyedropper and color drop.

Proceate Eye Dropper Tool

The Procreate eyedropper tool allows find a copy from an image on your canvas I use this feature when I want to find a specific color from an artwork or photograph.

The Procreate eyedropper tool is a tool that is used to help you to be able to find and pick colors and put them on your Procreate color palettes or use them on your Procreate canvas. This is an essential tool for you to know and understand as it helps you to find the colors you need.

We suggest that all colors you find you put them on a color palette; the Procreate color palettes help to keep your color choices organized.

Where is the Eye Dropper Tool in Procreate?

The eyedropper tool for Procreate is at the very top right-hand corner of the Procreate canvas. To use the eyedropper tool, you must tap and hold on to the color on the canvas.

You can also set up your gesture controls for the eyedropper tool by going to the wrench tool on the left side of your canvas and clicking preferences. The gesture controls will allow you to set up specific commands for each function, including the eyedropper tool.

I have my eyedropper tool set up for a hold, so that the device does not accidentally turn on the eyedropper tool. I like the control of holding it down, for me to see the color.

When you hold down, it also allows you to be able to hold while moving around the canvas to find the exact color you want. I have found that sometimes I need to move around the canvas with my finger before finding the exact color I need.

Once I release the hold the color will then come up on the eye dropper tool and I can add my color choice to a color palette.

Procreate Color Drop Tool

The Procreate color drop tool is, as the name implies; the color drop tool will drop the color onto your canvas. You can pick the color from the palette, values, or one of your color wheels; once you have picked the color, the color will appear at the top right and then you can drop that color onto your canvas.

Here are a few things to remember when using the Procreate color drop tool:

• Pen or Brush Color – The pen or brush color will always be the color that is showing at the right handside of the canvas or eyedropper.
• Fill Entire Canvas – If you move a color from a color palette to the canvas then it will fill the entire canvas.
• Fill Specific Area – For the color drop tool to fill just a specific part of the canvas then you need to move the color into a closed object.. For example if you want to move it into a circle then you must make sure the circle is closed then you can move the color and drop it into the circle.
• Clipping Mask – You can use clipping mask for your color choices. You simply add a layer on top of what you want the color to be, drop the color on the layer and then use the clipping mask function. I actually use the clipping mask function a lot in my work.

Color Palettes

One of the best ways to use the color picker is to work with color palettes. We love the color palette function with Procreate.

Here are some reasons why we love the color palette function with Procreate:

• Organizes colors – One of the advantages of using a color palette function in Procreate is that it will organize your colors. You can name your color palettes and move the colors around so that all the similar colors are next to eachother.
• Always Have The Color Choices – Another advantage is that you always have the color choice and can find them and use them again. This really helps you save time in finding the colors.
• Gives All The Color Values – When you have a color on your palette you can very easily find the color values. We really love this feature and use it a lot to find a specificl color value that we may need for something.

Saving your color choices on a color palette and keeping the color choices organized is a very convenient way to work with Procreate. It helps keep your color choices organized and, in the long term, will save you a lot of time in trying to find a specific color again.

Of course, if you work on a piece of artwork and you realize that you forgot the color, you can pull that artwork up again or photograph it and use the eyedropper tool to find that color value again. This ability to easily find colors on Procreate is a great feature.

We love the Procreate app; it not only saves you time, but help you product all kinds of amazing digital art.

Anita Louise Art – #ArtThatMakesYouSmile -we love all kinds of art. We love Procreate!

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