The eyedropper tool in most paint programs (I use Paint Shop Pro) can be
used for this purpose.  Simply grab the color with the eyedropper and click
on the color swatch, which in PSP is part of the color palette.  This brings
up a color picker window with your color's RGB and/or HSV values already in
the text boxes.  It works for any type of color you want to pluck out.  I
like to use this trick for color matching from digital photographs,
especially of rocks, plants, and fungi.

PSP has an automatic image magifier for precise pixel plucking ;)

"miriam english" <mir### [at] werplenetau> wrote in message
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> "Gary Blessing" <ble### [at] icefognet> wrote:
>
> > I can modify the colors alright, just not
> > to what I want...
>
> If you use MSWindows get a wonderful little program called Irfanview
> http://irfanview.com (it is free for non-commercial use) and display a
> picture of the wood. Now click on the part that you want the color of and
> irfanview will show the color codes in the title bar. It is a simple
> process to enlarge the image and click on parts of the picture and note
> down all the values.
>
> If you use Linux, Gimp has a similar capability.
>
> As Gilles said our eyes are subject to the most amazing set of optical
> illusions which make it surprisingly difficult to assess colors.
>
>
>

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