: How do I change the colour of a shape in Photoshop after I've drawn it For some reason it seems impossible to change the colour of a rectangle I've drawn in Photoshop after I've drawn it.

@Debbie163

If you want to change the color of a full shape with nothing inside, a very quick trick is:

layer effects:

1) Click on the layer where your shape is

2) Double-click on that layer. A window will appear. Your layer needs to not be the background layer, by the way.

3) On this window, select the option "color overlay" and click on the little swatch of color next to the blending mode. Select the color you want!

4) You can then change the color of your shape at any time by going back in this menu. You can remove the color by unchecking the "color overlay" OR by deselecting the little eye icon on the layer, under the layer "effect" on your layer.

If you do this on a graphic that has some texture or design inside it, it will cover it all with one color though.

Hue/Saturation

Otherwise, another easy way to change a color of a shape is to go in the menu "Image", then select "adjustment", then "hue/saturation" and play around with it until you get a color you like.

Not very precise but can be interesting if you want to test how a color would look like on your shape without having to enter precise color recipe.

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@Nimeshi706

Ensure that your shape layer is selected in the layers panel
Choose the Direct Selection tool from the tool bar () or press A
Now you'll be able to access all of the properties for your shape in the command bar at the top of the screen—including the shape's fill color.

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@Welton168

also be sure to select the Rectangle-Tool to bring up the ribbon-menu on top of your screen so as to change not only color but also stroke-color and width or no-stroke... This can be confusing because the shape-related menu-ribbon disappears once any other tool than the shape-drawing tool is selected.

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@Martha945

Initially when looking at the rectangle it can be a bit confusing.



You can double-click on the layer thumbnail in the layers palette to open the color picker.

Or you can press "a" on your keyboard to direct select



Look up towards the "fill"

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