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Colour Selectors

Documentation > User Manuals > v1.2.0 User Manual > Painting > Colour

MyPaint offers a variety of ways to choose and change colours. Besides the common digital HSV colour wheels there are three “intuitive” color mixers that are closer to analogue paint mixing: Crossed bowl, Liquid Wash, Concentric Rings. It is also possible to save and load colours in the [[Colour Palette|https://github.com/mypaint/mypaint/wiki/v1.2-Palette]] (Shift+C). The Palette has further options that can be accessed with the top right wrench icon. The only other colour panel with additional options is the [[HCY wheel, which supports Gamut Masking|v1.2-HCY-Wheel-and-Gamut-Mask-Editor]].

Overview of all Colour dock panels

HCY Wheel and Gamut Mask Editor

HCY Wheel Colour Selector Open with Menu → Colour → HCY Wheel. The HCY Wheel is also listed in the colour dropdown menu on the toolbar. [[v1.2-HCY-Wheel.png]] The HCY Wheel colour selector looks like a disc of colour next to a bar that controls brightness. It can be docked into a sidebar or floated free. The disc’s centre holds the least saturated form of all the hues around the edge of the disc.