The 13th layer in this very long project is an adjustment layer with a hue of +6 and saturation of -24. After applying the hue saturation settings above the foreground color in the toolbox goes to black thus completely confusing my efforts to continue as directed in the project. Next step, take an eyedrop sample of the face color in my image, the sample will not show because the foreground color in the toolbox is black. The next step is to use the paintbrush tool to apply the eyedropper sample. Under no circumstance will the new color apply itself to the layer selection because the foreground color is black in the toolbox. What should I do to get the selection to take the brush color.

Need with this tricky step
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