In Photoshop, which action allows sampling a color without leaving the brush workflow?

In Photoshop, which action allows sampling a color without leaving the brush workflow?

• A. Hold Alt to sample color
• B. Use Eyedropper Tool
• C. Hold Spacebar to sample color
• D. Double-click Foreground Color

Answer: (A)

Sampling a color without leaving the brush workflow relies on a quick modifier gesture that temporarily changes the foreground color while you continue painting. With the Brush tool active, hold the Alt key (Option on Mac) and click any area of the image. The color under the cursor becomes the new foreground color immediately, and you can release Alt and keep painting with the sampled color. This keeps you in the brush mode, avoiding tool switches or opening color dialogs, which speeds up your workflow. The Eyedropper Tool would switch you away from the brush to sample, interrupting your painting. Holding Spacebar is for panning the canvas, not sampling color. Double-clicking the Foreground Color opens the color picker to choose a color manually, not sampling from the image.

Sampling a color without leaving the brush workflow relies on a quick modifier gesture that temporarily changes the foreground color while you continue painting. With the Brush tool active, hold the Alt key (Option on Mac) and click any area of the image. The color under the cursor becomes the new foreground color immediately, and you can release Alt and keep painting with the sampled color. This keeps you in the brush mode, avoiding tool switches or opening color dialogs, which speeds up your workflow.

The Eyedropper Tool would switch you away from the brush to sample, interrupting your painting. Holding Spacebar is for panning the canvas, not sampling color. Double-clicking the Foreground Color opens the color picker to choose a color manually, not sampling from the image.