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iCOMPEL Digital Signage - User Guide (V8.1.1)

3.6 Colors

You can set the colors to be used for fonts, backgrounds, and other items on the iCOMPEL using this page.

A Color item is defined by a unique name, a color value, and an opacity setting. Color values are expressed as either RGB

(Red, Green, Blue) or Hex (Hexadecimal) values. When you change the color value or the opacity value for a Color item, all

the visual elements that use the Color item are updated. You must click the Activate Schedules and Layouts button to

apply your changes. You can define more than one Color item with the same color values.

To add a new Color item, click the Add Color tab.

To change the properties of a Color Item click the Edit button and modify the settings as required.

To delete a Color item click the Delete button. If the Color item is in use you cannot delete it. To find out where

the Color item is being used, click the Edit button and check the Used By tab.

Color items for new Layouts and Tables

When you create a new Layout or a new Table, the iCOMPEL automatically creates new Color items. For Layouts these

are Color items for the text foreground and background, and the letterbox background, and for Tables these are Color

items for the text foreground and background.

The Color items are named in the format <Layout name>: <Colour item>. For example, if you create a new Layout

named Holidays, the following Color items are created:

Text foreground Holidays: Text

Text background Holidays: Background

Letterbox Holidays: Letterbox

You can modify the properties for these Color items as needed.

Color properties

Name

You must specify a name for a Color item, and the name must be unique.

Color value

To specify a Color Value you must specify either:

Separate Red, Green and Blue (RGB) values for the color. Each of the three color values can range from 0 to 255. More

on Finding the RGB values for a color...

A Hex (hexadecimal) value, representing the Red, Green and Blue values (in this order) expressed in hexadecimal (base

16).

Opacity

The Opacity value determines how transparent a color is, with 0 being completely transparent (invisible) and 100 being

completely opaque (solid).

Adding colors

You need to know the Red, Green, Blue (RGB) values or the Hexadecimal (Hex) value for your color to add it to the

iCOMPEL color palette. More on Finding the RGB values for a color...

To add a color, follow these steps:

1. From the menu bar, select Media, then Colors, and click the Add Colors tab.