Eyedropper Selects Wrong Color

Im using Photoshop CS5 (version 12.1 x64).
When I try to use the Eyedropper Tool on a thin (1-4 pixel) shape (both pathed and raster) it will select the incorrect color and only give me a lighter, similar color.
See below:
This is me clicking right in the middle of this red line using the "pricision cursor" and it selects this pink color.
I did not have this problem in previous versions of Photoshop.
Anyone know why this is happening?

Check the eyedropper tool -- you have it set to sample a larger area than a single pixel, so it's mixing the surrounding white in with your red line.

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