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Use to create a field that allows a user to choose a value from a drop-down list of Items.

Client view:

The lookup will fetch its values from an Item specified by the Source field property.  

When reading the data from the database, it is represented as a string containing one GUID, for instance:
{ED5E6E79-E6C0-4399-8985-C17AD0E7C8F7}

Valid default value:

GUID string. For example:

{ED5E6E79-E6C0-4399-8985-C17AD0E7C8F7}

Source:

Children of the Item specified in the Source will populate the drop-down list of the lookup field.

Sample source value: /sitecore/content/Home/Colors

Client output:  

For information about accessing the field values programmatically, please follow the links below:

Accessing Lookup field value in C#

Accessing Lookup field value in XSLT

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