# Color Wheel

## Description

When working with color the standard After Effects operation can be a little tedious. With any Layer or Vector Group selected click and drag on the Color Wheel to instantly change the selected objects color values. 

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Select the Fill or Stroke swatches to toggle between the Color Wheels focus.
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## Eyedropper

To engage the Eyedropper sample mode:

\- click on the button with your mouse\
\- hold the click and drag the Eyedropper "out" of the Motion 4 panel

## Preview Split

The Color Wheel has a "preview split" background. When a color is adjusted via the Color Wheel or Color Sliders — the previous color value will be temporarily pinned to the left-side of the background. 

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 The Preview Split will also display the Eyedropper color sample too.
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