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<h3 class="title"><a id="gimp-tool-by-color-select"></a>2.6. Select By Color Tool</h3>
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<img src="../images/toolbox/toolbox-selbycolor.png" />
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Select by Color tool icon in the Toolbox
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The Select by Color tool is designed to select areas of an image
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based on color similarity. It works a lot like the Fuzzy Select
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tool ("Magic Wand"). The main difference between them is that the
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Magic Wand selects <span class="emphasis"><em>contiguous</em></span> regions, with
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all parts connected to the starting point by paths containing no
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large gaps; while the Select by Color tool selects all pixels that
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are sufficiently similar in color to the pixel you click on,
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regardless of where they are located. Also, clicking and dragging
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in the image has no effect on the Select by Color tool.
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The Magic Wand Tool can be activated from an image
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<span class="guimenu">Tools</span>-><span class="guisubmenu">Selection Tools</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Select by Color</span>;
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from the Toolbox by clicking on the tool icon
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or from the keyboard using the shortcut <span><b class="keycap">O</b></span> (note
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<h4 class="title"><a id="id3321424"></a>Key modifiers (Defaults)</h4>
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The select by color tool does not have any special key modifiers,
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only the ones that affect all selection tools in the same way.
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See <a href="ch03s02.html#gimp-tool-select" title="2.1. Common Features">Selection Tools</a> for
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Tool Options for the Select by Color tool
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See <a href="ch03s02.html#gimp-tool-select" title="2.1. Common Features">Selection Tools</a> for
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help with options that are common to all these tools. Only
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options that are specific to the Select by Color tool are
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explained here. Note that they are the same options as the
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<span class="term">Finding Similar Colors</span>
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These options affect the way the Magic Wand expands the
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selection out from the initial point.
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<p><b>Select Transparent Areas. </b>
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This option gives the Magic Wand the ability to select
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areas that are completely transparent. If this option
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is not checked, transparent areas will never be
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included in the selection.
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<p><b>Sample Merged. </b>
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This option becomes relevant when you have several
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layers in your image, and the active layer is either
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semi-transparent or is set to another Layer Mode than
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Normal. If this is the case, the colors present in the
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layer will be different from the colors in the
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composite image. If the "Sample Merged" option is
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unchecked, the wand will only react to the color in
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the active layer when it creates a selection. If it is
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checked it will react to the composite color of all
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visible layers. For further information, see the
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glossary entry <a href="go01.html#glossary-samplemerge">Sample Merged</a>.
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<p><b>Threshold. </b>
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This slider determines the range of colors that will
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be selected: the higher the threshold, the larger the
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