Operation Manual

Working with color | 291
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1×1 — lets you choose the color of the pixel you click
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2×2 — lets you choose the average color in a sample area of 2 × 2 pixels. The pixel you click is in the middle of the sample area.
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5×5 — lets you choose the average color in a sample area of 5 × 5 pixels
If you want to sample a color outside the drawing window, click Select from desktop on the property bar, and click a color on the
desktop.
3 Click the color that you want to sample.
The Color eyedropper tool automatically switches to the Apply color mode.
4 Perform a task from the following table.
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To Do the following
Fill an object with a sampled color Hover over an object. When the Apply color pointer changes to a
solid color swatch , click to apply the sampled color.
Fill an object’s outline color with the sampled color Hover over an object’s outline. When the Apply color pointer
changes to an outline shape , click to apply the sampled color.
Add the sampled color to the Document palette On the property bar, click the arrow next to Add to palette, and
choose Document palette.
Sample an additional color
On the property bar, click the Select color button , and then
click the color that you want to sample.
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You can also 
Drag a sampled color from one object to another Drag the color to another object.
Apply a sampled color from the Selected color swatch on the
property bar
Drag the sampled color from the Selected color swatch to the
object.
Apply a sampled color from the Uniform fill swatch in the lower-
right corner of the drawing window
Drag a color from the Uniform fill swatch to the object.
Add the sampled color to the Document palette Drag the sampled color from the Selected color swatch or the
Uniform fill swatch to the Document palette.
In some cases, the sampled color may be an RGB or CMYK color that is the closest equivalent to the original color, rather than being a
complete match.
To choose a web color
1 Select an object.
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Click Window Color.