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Authored by: DavidRavenMoon on Oct 02, '02 12:16:54PM

You can also make a small image the color you want (say 128 x 128 pixels) and stretch it to fill the screen. This is how Apple does it.

The actual files Apple uses for solid color desktops are 128 X 128 pixel .png files, located in /Library/Desktop Pictures/Solid Colors/

As long as you are creating an image, you might as well make one the color you want. Fewer steps involved, and you always have it.

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another way to make the color tile image
Authored by: osxpounder on Oct 02, '02 01:10:26PM

It occurs to me that you don't need an image editor like Photoshop Elements to do create the image.

You could pull up the color picker in any app, even the Finder [just pretend you're about to change a folder's background color with CMD J].

Once the picker is on the screen, choose your color, then make a screen capture of the color chip [perhaps using CMD SHIFT 4].

In general, this trick helps me when I need a color to match that of a website or interface, since Photoshop's eyedropper won't sample colors outside Photoshop's workspace. I make a screen capture, open it, and sample from there.

Hope this helps,

osxpounder



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another way to make the color tile image
Authored by: jda on Oct 03, '02 05:44:44AM

"Photoshop's eyedropper won't sample colors outside Photoshop's workspace."

It can: click and hold with the eyedropper in the Photoshop document, drag over the part of the screen you want to sample and then release.



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another way to make the color tile image
Authored by: osxpounder on Oct 04, '02 04:00:34PM

Thanks so much! Encountering a Photoshop tip as useful as this one has made my day... no, my week. Listen, it's saved me a bunch of steps. Thanks!



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