Quick Question - Find background colour of image?

Hi guys,
Its been years since I've used Photoshop, and I'm just trying out the Photoshop CS5 atm (a lot different from the simple PS7 that I was used to!) I've got an image that I want to find the background colour for, as I want to fill it to other images. I remember on the old versions if you erased an area the foreground colour would immediately just turn to the colour that you have deleted, but not anymore - I'm stuck!
Any help, hope I've explained myself well!
> Incidently, is there anyway I could purchase an old version of Photoshop? I'm a very infrequent user, and even the latest Elements software is pretty steep £50+. I'd happily pay a few pounds for Photoshop 7.
thanks

SongToRuin wrote:
Hi guys,
I remember on the old versions if you erased an area the foreground colour would immediately just turn to the colour that you have deleted, but not anymore - I'm stuck!
I don't believe you're remembering a true difference in the Eraser Tool.
With all versions of Photoshop, when you are working on the Background layer if you use the Eraser Tool it will paint in the color you have selected for the background swatch.
With all the versions as well, if you're working on a true layer the Eraser Tool clears pixels to transparent.
Now...
If you use the Delete key, on the other hand, the operation becomes equivalent to Edit - Fill, and in the newest versions you're given a dialog with options. There are modifier keys with which you can avoid the dialog.
-Noel

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