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I'm having problems with my color picker in photoshop CS5

Number 1: Me selecting the black [ish] bar. Color picker returns gray

Number 2: Me selecting the white [ish] background below the black bar, Color picker returns lighter gray.

( i thought the COLORS were using grayscale. So to test, i did the blue )

Number 3: Me selecting blue, colour picker returns blue (wrong blue)

Number 4: Me selecting the blue ONE PIXEL higher than number three, Color picker returns an even lighter blue ( still the wrong blue, Plus the blue is a solid color... )

NOTE: THERE ARE NO LAYER STYLES!

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Its because the colour picker is sampling a larger area than one pixel, and is mixing the colours.

To fix this, when the eye dropper is selected, change the sample size at the top to Point Sample

showing the sample size drop down for eyedropper photoshop cs5

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I agree, this seems to be what's causing his issue, based on the shots presented. Setting it to 1px should solve it. – KMSTR Jul 9 '12 at 13:45
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Strange way to answer your own queston. You phrased it as if you were talking to someone else :D – Joonas Jul 9 '12 at 14:25
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I wonder if he downvoted his own question. – Lauren Ipsum Jul 9 '12 at 15:22
Lols, I didn't down vote. I don't mind being down voted! I found on solution on an old dodgy forum, and just copy and pasted the answer which is why it may be wrongly phrased! Just thought id answer it to help people who come here in the future with the same problem! – AlexMorley-Finch Jul 10 '12 at 7:27

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