# SketchUp Not Allowing Me to "Color Pick" When Editing Textures/Materials **URL:** \ **Category:** Technical Problems\ **Tags:** materials, textures, edit\_material\ **Created:** [May 10, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-not-allowing-me-to-color-pick-when-editing-textures-materials/164213 "2021-05-10T17:06:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![megan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@megan2](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/megan2)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-not-allowing-me-to-color-pick-when-editing-textures-materials/164213/1 "2021-05-10T17:06:43Z")
I typically edit almost every material or texture I pull into a model (images, seamless textures, etc.) and I edit their color by using the edit material/texture tool and clicking on the little dropper icon to then select a better color for the texture. When I do this now my “dropper” will only select other textures within the model, rather than letting me select any color from anywhere on my desktop… What can I do to fix this ? ---
**Author:** ![Elmtec-Adam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/elmtec-adam/32/120483_2.png) [@Elmtec-Adam](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Elmtec-Adam)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-not-allowing-me-to-color-pick-when-editing-textures-materials/164213/2 "2021-05-10T17:21:21Z")
edit. I’m super wrong! ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-not-allowing-me-to-color-pick-when-editing-textures-materials/164213/3 "2021-05-10T17:22:41Z")
According to her profile she’s using Mac but you _can_ choose colors outside of the SketchUp model window on Windows. ![color](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/4/f4abd30f20a9c3ba51a6133081898789d660f8e1.gif) ---
**Author:** ![megan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@megan2](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/megan2)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-not-allowing-me-to-color-pick-when-editing-textures-materials/164213/4 "2021-05-10T17:24:18Z")
Yes I use a mac and have never had this issue… it started last friday and I cannot find any sort of setting that would effect “color selecting” when editing a texture or material… ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-not-allowing-me-to-color-pick-when-editing-textures-materials/164213/5 "2021-05-10T17:24:53Z")
Make sure you are editing an In Model color to select a color from the screen. ---
**Author:** ![Elmtec-Adam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/elmtec-adam/32/120483_2.png) [@Elmtec-Adam](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Elmtec-Adam)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-not-allowing-me-to-color-pick-when-editing-textures-materials/164213/6 "2021-05-10T17:31:53Z")
Mind blown! I can’t believe I’ve never seen that button. ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-not-allowing-me-to-color-pick-when-editing-textures-materials/164213/7 "2021-05-10T17:37:57Z")
You don’t have a piece of black tape covering it on the screen do you? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Elmtec-Adam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/elmtec-adam/32/120483_2.png) [@Elmtec-Adam](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Elmtec-Adam)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-not-allowing-me-to-color-pick-when-editing-textures-materials/164213/8 "2021-05-10T17:42:38Z")
Not as far as I know, but there is a suspicious looking van parked outside and a bunch of men who don’t look like contractors talking into their collars. Maybe my computer has been censored. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/2/f2a121500b085ed60806607a82720b092d800bb3.png) [@system](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-not-allowing-me-to-color-pick-when-editing-textures-materials/164213/9 "2021-11-12T17:07:15Z")
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