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■ On the True Color tab, select the HSL color model in the Color Model
option and specify a color by entering a color value in the Color box or
by specifying values in the Hue, Saturation, and Luminance boxes, and
then choose OK.
■ On the True Color tab, select the RGB color model in the Color Model
box and specify a color by entering a color value in the Color box or by
specifying values in the Red, Green, and Blue boxes.
■ On the Color Books tab, select a color book from the Color Book box,
select a color by navigating the color book (using the up and down
arrows) and clicking on a color chip, and then choose OK.
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PROPERTIES
Use Color Books
You can choose from a wide range of custom colors when using color books.
When assigning colors to objects in AutoCAD, you can choose colors from
color books that are loaded on your system. Color books include third-party
or user-defined files that contain named color swatches. These colors can be
used to enhance presentation drawings as well as to optimize the variety of
color used in your drawings. You can apply color book colors to objects in
your drawings by using the Color Books tab in the Select Color dialog box.
Install Color Books
Color book files must contain an .acb file extension in order to be recognized
by AutoCAD. To access color book colors from the Select Color dialog box,
you must first copy your color book files to a specified color book location.
On the Files tab of the Options dialog box, you can define the path where
color book files are stored. Multiple locations can be defined for the color
book path. These locations are saved in your user profile.
After loading a color book on your system, to access the new colors, you need
to close the Select Color dialog box and then open it again. The new color
book is displayed in the Color Book drop-down list on the Color Books tab.
Once you have done this, you can apply any colors that are defined in the
book to objects in your drawing.
Browse Color Books
Color books are organized alphabetically into pages that you can browse
through. A page holds up to ten colors. If the color book you are browsing
through is not organized into pages, AutoCAD automatically arranges the
colors into pages, with each page containing up to seven colors.