How do you 'fill' in a masked area in PS from eyedropper values?

Question

I am trying to change the colour of an area in an image in PS.

So i select quick mask, brush over the selected area, select normal mode, then select inverse.

I then use the eyedropper tool to get the colour of from another area in the image that i want to put over the 'masked' area.

This is where i am stuck, if i open the eyedropped colour, it gives me both RGB and HSB. But if i go to image/HSB and use these HSB values it just comes out white, not the colour i am wanting?

Any ideas?

Monte P · Accepted Answer

Ok, a mask is only going to be black and white (or actually grayscale).  If you are working with a mask, you'll only be able to select values that are white, black, or gray.

To fill the area, what you'll need to do is put a layer under the layer you are masking.  Fill that layer with the color you want.  Then, when you apply your layer mask to the layer above, it will reveal the color below.

You can also put the colored layer on top of the layer you want to mask, and then apply the mask to the colored layer, revealing the "image" layer beneath...but that's going to be more difficult, since you can't see the areas you want to mask thru the color.

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How do you 'fill' in a masked area in PS from eyedropper values?

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