diff --git a/src/components/ColorPicker/ColorInput.tsx b/src/components/ColorPicker/ColorInput.tsx
index f179d415..968729cc 100644
--- a/src/components/ColorPicker/ColorInput.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ColorPicker/ColorInput.tsx
@@ -15,9 +15,15 @@ interface ColorInputProps {
   color: string;
   onChange: (color: string) => void;
   label: string;
+  eyeDropperType: "strokeColor" | "backgroundColor";
 }
 
-export const ColorInput = ({ color, onChange, label }: ColorInputProps) => {
+export const ColorInput = ({
+  color,
+  onChange,
+  label,
+  eyeDropperType,
+}: ColorInputProps) => {
   const device = useDevice();
   const [innerValue, setInnerValue] = useState(color);
   const [activeSection, setActiveColorPickerSection] = useAtom(
@@ -110,6 +116,7 @@ export const ColorInput = ({ color, onChange, label }: ColorInputProps) => {
                   : {
                       keepOpenOnAlt: false,
                       onSelect: (color) => onChange(color),
+                      previewType: eyeDropperType,
                     },
               )
             }
diff --git a/src/components/ColorPicker/ColorPicker.tsx b/src/components/ColorPicker/ColorPicker.tsx
index d2f89c81..4a378950 100644
--- a/src/components/ColorPicker/ColorPicker.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ColorPicker/ColorPicker.tsx
@@ -82,7 +82,14 @@ const ColorPickerPopupContent = ({
   const { container } = useExcalidrawContainer();
   const { isMobile, isLandscape } = useDevice();
 
-  const colorInputJSX = (
+  const eyeDropperType =
+    type === "canvasBackground"
+      ? undefined
+      : type === "elementBackground"
+      ? "backgroundColor"
+      : "strokeColor";
+
+  const colorInputJSX = eyeDropperType && (
     <div>
       <PickerHeading>{t("colorPicker.hexCode")}</PickerHeading>
       <ColorInput
@@ -91,6 +98,7 @@ const ColorPickerPopupContent = ({
         onChange={(color) => {
           onChange(color);
         }}
+        eyeDropperType={eyeDropperType}
       />
     </div>
   );
@@ -140,7 +148,7 @@ const ColorPickerPopupContent = ({
         alignOffset={-16}
         sideOffset={20}
         style={{
-          zIndex: 9999,
+          zIndex: "var(--zIndex-layerUI)",
           backgroundColor: "var(--popup-bg-color)",
           maxWidth: "208px",
           maxHeight: window.innerHeight,
@@ -152,7 +160,7 @@ const ColorPickerPopupContent = ({
             "0px 7px 14px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05), 0px 0px 3.12708px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0798), 0px 0px 0.931014px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1702)",
         }}
       >
-        {palette ? (
+        {palette && eyeDropperType ? (
           <Picker
             palette={palette}
             color={color}
@@ -165,6 +173,7 @@ const ColorPickerPopupContent = ({
                   state = state || {
                     keepOpenOnAlt: true,
                     onSelect: onChange,
+                    previewType: eyeDropperType,
                   };
                   state.keepOpenOnAlt = true;
                   return state;
@@ -175,6 +184,7 @@ const ColorPickerPopupContent = ({
                   : {
                       keepOpenOnAlt: false,
                       onSelect: onChange,
+                      previewType: eyeDropperType,
                     };
               });
             }}
diff --git a/src/components/EyeDropper.scss b/src/components/EyeDropper.scss
index 3273e4d7..da706b41 100644
--- a/src/components/EyeDropper.scss
+++ b/src/components/EyeDropper.scss
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     position: absolute;
     width: 100%;
     height: 100%;
-    z-index: 2;
+    z-index: var(--zIndex-eyeDropperBackdrop);
     touch-action: none;
   }
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     width: 3rem;
     height: 3rem;
     position: fixed;
-    z-index: 999999;
+    z-index: var(--zIndex-eyeDropperPreview);
     border-radius: 1rem;
     border: 1px solid var(--default-border-color);
     filter: var(--theme-filter);
diff --git a/src/components/EyeDropper.tsx b/src/components/EyeDropper.tsx
index 5278dfab..7a4ce8ac 100644
--- a/src/components/EyeDropper.tsx
+++ b/src/components/EyeDropper.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { atom } from "jotai";
 import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
 import { createPortal } from "react-dom";
-import { COLOR_PALETTE, rgbToHex } from "../colors";
+import { rgbToHex } from "../colors";
 import { EVENT } from "../constants";
 import { useUIAppState } from "../context/ui-appState";
 import { mutateElement } from "../element/mutateElement";
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import "./EyeDropper.scss";
 type EyeDropperProperties = {
   keepOpenOnAlt: boolean;
   swapPreviewOnAlt?: boolean;
-  onSelect?: (color: string, event: PointerEvent) => void;
-  previewType?: "strokeColor" | "backgroundColor";
+  onSelect: (color: string, event: PointerEvent) => void;
+  previewType: "strokeColor" | "backgroundColor";
 };
 
 export const activeEyeDropperAtom = atom<null | EyeDropperProperties>(null);
@@ -28,13 +28,8 @@ export const EyeDropper: React.FC<{
   onCancel: () => void;
   onSelect: Required<EyeDropperProperties>["onSelect"];
   swapPreviewOnAlt?: EyeDropperProperties["swapPreviewOnAlt"];
-  previewType?: EyeDropperProperties["previewType"];
-}> = ({
-  onCancel,
-  onSelect,
-  swapPreviewOnAlt,
-  previewType = "backgroundColor",
-}) => {
+  previewType: EyeDropperProperties["previewType"];
+}> = ({ onCancel, onSelect, swapPreviewOnAlt, previewType }) => {
   const eyeDropperContainer = useCreatePortalContainer({
     className: "excalidraw-eye-dropper-backdrop",
     parentSelector: ".excalidraw-eye-dropper-container",
@@ -58,11 +53,27 @@ export const EyeDropper: React.FC<{
       return;
     }
 
-    let currentColor: string = COLOR_PALETTE.black;
     let isHoldingPointerDown = false;
 
     const ctx = app.canvas.getContext("2d")!;
 
+    const getCurrentColor = ({
+      clientX,
+      clientY,
+    }: {
+      clientX: number;
+      clientY: number;
+    }) => {
+      const pixel = ctx.getImageData(
+        (clientX - appState.offsetLeft) * window.devicePixelRatio,
+        (clientY - appState.offsetTop) * window.devicePixelRatio,
+        1,
+        1,
+      ).data;
+
+      return rgbToHex(pixel[0], pixel[1], pixel[2]);
+    };
+
     const mouseMoveListener = ({
       clientX,
       clientY,
@@ -76,14 +87,7 @@ export const EyeDropper: React.FC<{
       colorPreviewDiv.style.top = `${clientY + 20}px`;
       colorPreviewDiv.style.left = `${clientX + 20}px`;
 
-      const pixel = ctx.getImageData(
-        (clientX - appState.offsetLeft) * window.devicePixelRatio,
-        (clientY - appState.offsetTop) * window.devicePixelRatio,
-        1,
-        1,
-      ).data;
-
-      currentColor = rgbToHex(pixel[0], pixel[1], pixel[2]);
+      const currentColor = getCurrentColor({ clientX, clientY });
 
       if (isHoldingPointerDown) {
         for (const element of metaStuffRef.current.selectedElements) {
@@ -125,7 +129,7 @@ export const EyeDropper: React.FC<{
       event.stopImmediatePropagation();
       event.preventDefault();
 
-      onSelect(currentColor, event);
+      onSelect(getCurrentColor(event), event);
     };
 
     const keyDownListener = (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
diff --git a/src/css/styles.scss b/src/css/styles.scss
index f1d359d5..d46ab1bc 100644
--- a/src/css/styles.scss
+++ b/src/css/styles.scss
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
   --zIndex-interactiveCanvas: 2;
   --zIndex-wysiwyg: 3;
   --zIndex-layerUI: 4;
+  --zIndex-eyeDropperBackdrop: 5;
+  --zIndex-eyeDropperPreview: 6;
 
   --zIndex-modal: 1000;
   --zIndex-popup: 1001;
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index bc777086..f07b1340 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -507,8 +507,9 @@ export type AppProps = Merge<
  * in the app, eg Manager. Factored out into a separate type to keep DRY. */
 export type AppClassProperties = {
   props: AppProps;
-  canvas: HTMLCanvasElement;
   interactiveCanvas: HTMLCanvasElement | null;
+  /** static canvas */
+  canvas: HTMLCanvasElement;
   focusContainer(): void;
   library: Library;
   imageCache: Map<