A question that comes up quite frequently in my Photoshop classes is “What’s wrong with my colour picker? I’m not getting the usual palette.” Or words to that affect. By default the Photoshop colour picker looks like this:

However, you may find that one day, out of the blue, your colour picker looks more like this:

There is an easy fix. Inside the colour picker, try clicking on the radio buttons H, S, B, R, G, B and you’ll see how the colour picker changes. By clicking on H (which stands for Hue) you’ll find yourself with the old familiar picker.


177 days ago ·
That was easy! Thank you!
130 days ago ·
Right outta the blue. Thankyou.
96 days ago ·
THANK YOU! This was driving me crazy all day ( and I have been using Photoshop extensively for 12 years!!!!) Gotta love the internet!
92 days ago ·
Great Leah : ) Thanks for taking the time to comment. Much appreciated.
67 days ago ·
Thank you! This has been bugging me for WEEKS.Finally got around to investigating.
21 days ago ·
Awesome! Thanks. I was starting to go crazy…not because I didn’t think there was a way to fix it, but because I didn’t know how to ask HOW to fix it!
13 days ago ·
Couldn’t find the answer in Photoshop Help documentation. So glad I found your post! Thank you. Also, I wonder why they introduced the werid-o picker?