How to use the Eye Dropper
Select the Eye Dropper tool from the toolbar.
Hover over any colour on the canvas. A colour preview appears showing the colour under your pointer.
Click to sample the colour. It is immediately set as your active drawing colour.
Switch back to any drawing tool (Pencil, Brush, etc.) and start painting with the sampled colour.
Sampling modes
Canvas sampling
Click anywhere on the paint canvas to pick the exact pixel colour at that point.
Screen sampling
On supported browsers, you can sample colour from anywhere on your screen — not just the canvas. A permission prompt may appear the first time.
Instant update
The active colour swatch updates immediately when you click, giving instant visual confirmation of the picked colour.
Tips
Use the Eye Dropper to re-select a colour you already used elsewhere in your painting, avoiding the need to recreate it manually.
After importing a photo with the Import tool, use the Eye Dropper to pick colours directly from the photo for a harmonious colour palette.
Keep the Eye Dropper active while evaluating colours, then press a drawing tool shortcut to start painting without opening the colour picker.