How to choose an area for color picker in Paint.Net

Question

This is quite beginner question. I want to choose right color of some area because the thing i want to get color is not homogeneous area. How can i choose some area with color picker in paint.net ?

Answer 1

Here is my trick that works, some of the time, in these cases:

1. Using lasso selection or magic wand (playing with the tolarance) I select an existing area with the color area that I want. (It doesn't need to be perfect, but preferably bigger than the area you are looking to fill).
2. CTRL+C (copy) the selected area.
3. Create a new layer.
4. Paste the selected area into the new layer.
5. Remove the areas until it looks like it blends well. Blurring the whole layer also help get rid of some of the pixelation difference between layers.
6. (Optional) Merge the layers once you have something you like.

I know this is considerable more work and is more of an art than a science, but it has worked for me in the past.