Color Picker Eyedropper Size

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Color Picker Eyedropper Size

I have iMac Yosemite (10.10.3). The color picker eyedropper in System Preferences >> Desktop & Screensaver produces a circular selection area that has too large a diameter. This makes it virtually impossible to select the color in a smaller pixel area. Can't seem to find how to reduce the diameter of the eyedropper's selection area. Suggestions please?

iTune-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Aug 22, 2016 6:51 PM

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VikingOSX

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Aug 23, 2016 7:04 PM in response to MurPhil

The reason there is no means to reduce the circular area of the eyedropper is that it isn't doing the selection. There is a tiny square in the center of the circle that you position over the color to be captured, and then click. It is accurate enough that I can select the black from the middle of any character typed here.

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