Photoshop elements 6 impressionist brush color

Photoshop elements 6 for mac . im using leopard. impressionist brush color won't change from white. It works very rarely and randomly then just goes back to white. please help

Probably you'll get more feedback in the
PhS Elements Forum:
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.eeb4f8b/
Best regards --Gernot Hoffmann

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http://graphicreporter.com/tutorials/elements_breaking.html
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