Use Pick Color 
to choose a color directly from the design or picture.
Click the Pick Color icon and the pointer changes to an eyedropper 
. Click on a stitch or the background picture to select a color. Pick Color is automatically deactivated after a color has been chosen.
Select a thread color in the Create tab to choose a thread color for drawing crosses. See Drawing Stitches.
Shortcut
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Design Panel:
Locate a Color in the Design
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In the Design window, click the Pick Color button
and the pointer changes to an eyedropper 
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Move the eyedropper pointer over the design.
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Click on a stitch or the background picture.
If you clicked on a stitch, the thread color is selected in the Color Select area.
If you clicked on the picture, the Color Selection dialog box opens with a thread of that color selected from the chosen Thread Range.
Pick Color is automatically deactivated after a color has been chosen.