Changing the color of the Pencil tool

Solution 1:

At the bottom of the toolbox you see a black and white square. Those are your foreground and background colors. To change them, just click on the square. Also have a look at some Gimp tutorials, as there is certainly plenty of other stuff left to learn:

  • http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/

Solution 2:

Foreground and Background Colors:

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