The color of the area surrounding the canvas
Ivan | Thu, 2004-06-24 15:20Use this trick if you ever need to change the grey area surrounding your canvas to any other color for presentations or to simulate the environment your artwork will be placed at (like the color of the wall, web page background, etc.).
Press F to change to Full screen with menu bar. Select a color, select the Paint bucket tool and Shift+Click on the grey area.
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How do you change it back?
Thanks for the comment. The default color is R189/G189/B189 or #BDBDBD. Just select it and use the same technique.
Hmm...The consensus of opinion among users on the Adobe Forums who've been addressing this question for years has agreed that the default color is:
R = 192
G = 192
B = 192
Hex #C0C0C0
75% Gray
L = 82
*a = 0
*b = 0
I'm just about positive that Chrix Cox has confirmed this.
But, be that as it may, a few points difference either way shouldn't make a lot of difference, as long as your monitor is properly calibrated so that there's no color shift in the display toward any hue and away from gray.
I just checked, and this is right, but I'm a little confused as to why 75% B isn't the same as 75% L. Anybody know the story there?
Or just wait til you restart PS
Thanks for the comment!
Restarting PS didn't bring back the default color for me. Maybe it's different on a Mac and Windows version?
Hi,
I couldn't figure out a shortcut to change it back in Windows, so I had to change it back manually. May be the only way?? (Probably not though).
Great tip, by the way!
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