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Reset to the default colours

D

Windows Desktop app GIMP default shortcuts

Practice this

To reset to the default colours in GIMP, press D. It is listed for Windows, and no Mac version is documented here.

Where it works: Canvas

Where this comes from

GIMP default accelerators - GNOME/gimp source

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

More GIMP shortcuts

Swap the foreground and background colours X
Switch back to the last tool Shift + X
Set the tool size back to default
Make the tool smaller [
Make the tool larger ]
Center the image in the window Shift + J
Fit the image in the window Ctrl + Shift + J
Go back to the previous zoom `

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