Select the menu View > Pixel peek window to open the pixel peek window. This window displays the color values at the selected cursor position and those of the neighboring pixels.
Fig. 116: View menu – Pixel Peek window
The color values at the cursor position are surrounded by a yellow rectangle. For monochrome images, the grayscale value is displayed. The window always displays 256 values per channel. For color modes with a bit depth of more than 8 bits, the function evaluates the 8 most significant bits (MSBs).
If you disable the Pixel Peek check box at the top of the window, the Zoom window is displayed (see Zoom Window).
To set the cursor position you want to display in the window, place the cursor at that position in the image, hold the Ctrl key and right-click. Alternatively, you can set the image position using the context menu.