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For some reason the color picker in Ps6 on my studio computer is not cooperating. On my home computer (loaded with the same ps6 ) the color picker spectrum goes from white at the top left to black at the bottom. So I can make a color darker by moving the cursor towards the bottom and lighter by moving it towards the top left. It remained the same hue (red for example) but I could add white or black. This is also the way it is supposed to be, according to the Photoshop Cs6 book I have.
Now there is no way to add white or lighten the color by moving the cursor. Instead moving the cursor changes the hue. Red becomes hot pink if I move the cursor to the right. It becomes bright blue if I move the cursor to the bottom right.
Also, the slider bar to the right performs differently. On my home computer it shows all the colors of the rainbow. On the studio computer it only shows a spectrum of the foreground color to the background color, in this case yellow to red. No blue, no purple, no green, etc.
How can I get the color picker to behave?
Marian

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