User guide

The color palette
Use the color palette to specify the color of objects and text in the document in the active window. A palette is stored
in every document and style sheet.You can use style sheets to create a series of documents with the same color
scheme.
Customizing colors
Changes you make to the color palette affect the current document only. You can save up to 20 colors. For more infor-
mation, see "Document and object settings" on page 259.
Note: If you select an object or group that contains multiple colors, a check mark appears next to each of the col-
ors in the Color menu. The check mark alerts you that a change would affect more than one color.
To change the color palette in the current document:
1. Go to File>Document Settings. The Document Settings dialog box appears.
2. Click the Colors tab.
3. Click the color to change (either background or foreground) and select Other. The Color dialog box opens.
4. Click the new color in the Basic Colors or the Custom Colors section.
5. Click OK. The color changes to the new color and appears on the Color menu.
To add a customized color:
Figure 13.2: Setting custom colors. A) Color refiner box; B) Luminosity box.
6. Click a color in the Color Refiner box to set the hue and saturation.
The pointer turns into a cross hair when you click. You can drag to a different region to change the hue and sat-
uration.
7. Click in the Luminosity box to set the color brightness.
8. If necessary, change the hue, saturation, luminosity, and RGB components by typing the values in the text boxes.
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