Color Picker in Picsart: How to Sample a Logo Color and Check the Result

The short answer

Picsart's color selector includes an eyedropper (color picker) tool. Open any tool that lets you choose a color, such as text, brush or fill, and open its color selector. Tap the eyedropper, then drag the loupe over the part of your image you want to match. Release to apply that color, and note the hex code shown in the selector so you can reuse the exact value later. Button names and positions can differ between app versions and between mobile and web, so look for the eyedropper icon rather than a specific menu label.

Keep the scope of this tool in mind. A hex code is a six-character value, such as #1A73E8, that describes a screen (RGB) color. The eyedropper reads the color of the pixels in the image you have open. If that image is a raster file, meaning a grid of pixels like a JPG or PNG, you get the color of those pixels. That color may differ from the color the logo's designer originally specified.

Step by step: sampling a color from logo artwork

• 1. Open the logo image in the Picsart editor at its largest available size. A larger, sharper source gives more reliable samples.
• 2. Choose a tool that takes a color, such as Text, Draw/Brush or a shape or fill option, and open its color selector.
• 3. Tap the eyedropper icon. A magnifier or loupe appears over the image.
• 4. Drag the loupe to the center of a solid area of the logo. Avoid edges, outlines, gradients, shadows and thin strokes.
• 5. Release to apply the sampled color.
• 6. Read the hex value in the color selector and write it down with a label, such as "primary blue" or "accent orange".
• 7. Repeat for each distinct color in the logo.

How to verify the sampled color

• Sample the same color area at two or three different points. If the hex values differ, the area is not truly flat. Choose the value from the cleanest interior point, or treat the color as approximate.
• Place a test swatch of the sampled color directly next to the original area and compare them at high zoom.
• Enter the recorded hex code manually into a new color field. Confirm that it reproduces the same swatch, so you know you copied the value correctly.
• Where possible, compare against an official brand guide or the original vector file. A documented value always overrides a sampled one.

Why a sampled color can be wrong

Three common effects in raster images shift pixel colors away from the intended color:
• Anti-aliasing: Smooth edges are created with blended in-between pixels, so a sample taken near an edge returns a mix of the logo color and the background.
• JPG compression: This can introduce blotches and slight color drift within flat areas.
• Screenshots, filters and color-managed exports: These can alter values before the file ever reaches Picsart.
For these reasons, treat an eyedropper result as a close match for screen work, not as a confirmed brand specification.

Connecting the result to usable logo artwork

If you are rebuilding or tracing a logo as vector artwork, meaning shapes defined by paths and points that scale without losing quality, use the recorded hex values as the fill colors for those paths. Keep the palette as a short, named list so every file uses the same values.

For print delivery, hex is not enough. Printers typically work with CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) values or a spot color system such as Pantone. Converting an RGB value gives an approximation, and screen-to-print matches should be confirmed with a proof or the brand's documented print values. Picsart sampling does not supply those print specifications.

Sampling a color does not give you permission to reuse someone else's logo. A file extension also does not prove that a file is genuine vector artwork. Confirm usage rights and the nature of the source file separately.

Gaps in this guide

No confirmed documentation for the current Picsart release was available for this guide. Exact icon placement, menu wording, support for additional formats such as RGB or HSB entry, and differences between the mobile and web editors could not be verified. If a step does not match your screen, look for the eyedropper symbol inside any color selector. The sampling and verification principles above apply regardless of layout.