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Working with color styles | 477
You can also duplicate a harmony by selecting its folder in the Color styles docker, clicking the New color harmony button ,
and choosing Duplicate harmony.
You can resize the Color harmonies area so that you can view available color harmonies without scrolling by pointing to the grab
area, and when the cursor changes to a two-directional arrow, dragging the edge of the pane.
To create a gradient
1
Click Window Color styles.
2 In the Color styles docker, select a color style as the master color for the gradient.
3
Click the New color harmony button , and choose New gradient.
4 In the New gradient dialog box, specify the number of shades in the Number of colors box.
5 Adjust the Shade similarity slider.
Move the slider to the left to create very different shades; move the slider to the right to create very similar shades.
6 Enable one of the following options:
Lighter shades — creates shades that are lighter than the master color
Darker shades — creates shades that are darker than the master color
Both — creates an equal number of light and dark shades
To apply a color style
1
Click Window Color styles.
2
Select an object by using the Pick tool .
3 In the Color styles docker, do one of the following:
Double-click a color style to apply a fill.
Right-click a color style to apply an outline.
You can also
Delete a color style
Select the color style, and click the Delete button .
Merge selected color styles with the last selected color style
Click the Merge button .
Swap color styles Select two color styles in the Color styles docker, and click the
Swap color styles button . The fill color style becomes the
object outline, and the outline color style becomes the object fill.
Select all color styles which are not used in the document
Click the Select unused button .
You can also apply a color style to a selected object by using any of the following methods:
On the Color styles palette or the Document palette, click a color style to apply a fill or right-click a color style to apply an
outline. To open the Color styles palette, click Window Color palettes Color styles palette.