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Q&A Why's "Merge Layers" faded greyed out? Then how can I merge or combine these 3 colored areas?

Hello. Any Photoshop experts here? As practice, I am trying COLOR my black chair BLUE. As you can see from screenshots, I missed 2 spots that I had to color separately. But I don't want 3 separate...

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Hello. Any Photoshop experts here?
As practice, I am trying COLOR my black chair BLUE. As you can see from screenshots, I missed 2 spots that I had to color separately. But I don't want 3 separate layers, because doubtless, this is unproductive! I want to color all 3 layers the same simultaneously, rather than clicking on 3 separate layers.
~~![Image alt text](https://powerusers.codidact.com/uploads/Ja8H5SyPGpHtmBHdaHKPNum6)~~
But "Merge Layers" is faded and greyed out! How can I merge these 3 layers then?
![Image alt text](https://powerusers.codidact.com/uploads/bwAj41Ym5p9WBVRnM5QgWmm9)

Hello. Any Photoshop experts here?
As practice, I am trying COLOR my black chair BLUE. As you can see from screenshots, I missed 2 spots that I had to color separately. But I don't want 3 separate layers, because doubtless, this is unproductive! I want to color all 3 layers the same simultaneously, rather than clicking on 3 separate layers.
![Image alt text](https://powerusers.codidact.com/uploads/WzszLZxZvTxKSHRyoT874yYH)
But "Merge Layers" is faded and greyed out! How can I merge these 3 layers then?
![Image alt text](https://powerusers.codidact.com/uploads/bwAj41Ym5p9WBVRnM5QgWmm9)

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Este‭ · 2022-04-07T07:16:37Z (over 2 years ago)

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Why's "Merge Layers" faded greyed out? Then how can I merge or combine these 3 colored areas?

Hello. Any Photoshop experts here?

As practice, I am trying COLOR my black chair BLUE. As you can see from screenshots, I missed 2 spots that I had to color separately. But I don't want 3 separate layers, because doubtless, this is unproductive! I want to color all 3 layers the same simultaneously, rather than clicking on 3 separate layers. 

![Image alt text](https://powerusers.codidact.com/uploads/Ja8H5SyPGpHtmBHdaHKPNum6)

But "Merge Layers" is faded and greyed out! How can I merge these 3 layers then?

![Image alt text](https://powerusers.codidact.com/uploads/bwAj41Ym5p9WBVRnM5QgWmm9)

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