3.9.  Border Average

3.9.1.  Overview

This filter is found in Filters->Colors->Border Average.

This tool calculates the average color in a border around active layer or selection. Calculated color becomes the foreground color in Toolbox. This filter is interesting when you have to find a Web page color background that differs as less as possible from your image border. The action of this filter is not registered in Undo History and can't be deleted with Ctrl+Z.

3.9.2.  Options

Border Size

You can set there the border Thickness in pixels.

Number of Colors

You can set there the Bucket Size, i.e the number of colors to be used when calculating the average color (1 - 256).