GIMP/Colour Picker

= The Basics =

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On the right side you can see the settings for the colour picker. Here's a short description of everything there:
 * Sample average - set whether to pick average value from pixels within some radius (1 to 300px) of the selected point.
 * Sample merged - set whether to merge the colour from all visible layers and pick that (i.e. to pick the colour as seen).
 * Pick mode - modes, see below.
 * Use info window - set whether you want to see the info window, see below.

Pick Mode
There are four modes in the colour picker tool. Here are their descriptions:
 * Pick only - only picks a colour, doing nothing to it (information dialogue must be turned on);
 * Set foreground colour - picked colour is used as foreground colour;
 * Set background colour - picked colour is used as background colour;
 * Add to palette - adds the colour to the palette, especially useful while creating palettes;

Ctrl switches between Set foreground colour and Set background colour, when either of these is active.

Info Window
Shows an info window, with two columns of information - you can choose for both of those these options: pixel, RGB, HSV and CMYK, with pixel and RGB being active by default. Shift toggles it on and off.