Cannot change brush colour

[user_0815]

Hi,

I'm trying to set the paint brush colour do default (D) so I have black and white. But it insists to stay at grey. This only happens on a fill layer or rectangle (grey). On any other layer the brushcan be b/w as expected.

Am I missing something here?

[NotMyFault]

a fill layer has two color properties:

1. the fill color itself, solid color or gradient or bitmap fill
2. an inherent mask which can be painted on by brush tools. Naturally a mask uses only  lightness information and no color information

i don’t know if limiting the brush color on masks is ntended or bug, but it does no harm, as colors are unusable in masks.

 

[NotMyFault]

What’s actually see is more complicated.

depending on if you choose foreground or background color:

• background color allows only to change opacity of fill color, but the color is locked while a brush tools is active
• foreground color set color of brush tools, has no impact to fill color.

i think this is an oversight in UI.

Setting colors for fill and brush tools should be 100% separated. For fill layers it is entangled and causes much confusion.

I strongly advise to never utilize the inherent mask of fill layers, or activate any brush tools while a fill layer is active. Chances are too high that you get lost in a UI trap. If you need a mask, add an explicit mask layer.