The thing I do is keyboard shortcuts that way the only time I use the icons in a toolbox tab is for changing a colour's hue etc
that's on my second monitor/screen, use the tab colours tab make room for the tab, visually bit better to pick with has a few other options also, and using keyboard shortcuts helps a lot.
The screenshot was too big even when reduced
In the help docs Gimp help F1Chapter 14 half way down the page
Default colors
Clicking on this small symbol resets the Foreground and Background colors to black and white, respectively. Pressing the D key has the same effect.
Swap FG/BG colors
Clicking on the small curved line with two arrowheads causes the Foreground and Background colors to be swapped. Pressing the X key has the same effect.
Hope this helps,
that's on my second monitor/screen, use the tab colours tab make room for the tab, visually bit better to pick with has a few other options also, and using keyboard shortcuts helps a lot.
The screenshot was too big even when reduced
In the help docs Gimp help F1Chapter 14 half way down the page
Default colors
Clicking on this small symbol resets the Foreground and Background colors to black and white, respectively. Pressing the D key has the same effect.
Swap FG/BG colors
Clicking on the small curved line with two arrowheads causes the Foreground and Background colors to be swapped. Pressing the X key has the same effect.
Hope this helps,