User Guide

Corel Painter 109
and color sets. For more detailed
information about using color, refer to
“Working with Color” on page 77.
To paint with color:
1 Select a brush that applies media
to a document.
If the Colors palette is not
displayed, choose Window menu
> Show Colors.
2 On the Colors palette, click the
palette menu arrow and choose
Standard Colors.
Use the Colors palette to choose a color for
painting.
3 Drag or click in the ring to select a
hue.
4 Drag or click in the triangle to pick
the saturation.
The color you select is displayed in
the front rectangle below the color
ring. This is the primary color.
The back rectangle shows the
secondary color. The secondary
color is not the canvas color; it is
used to create two-color brush
strokes and two-point gradients.
Refer to “Understanding Primary
and Secondary Colors” on page 79
for more information.
Drag in the ring to select a hue. Drag in the
triangle to pick the saturation.
To paint with a color already in
the image:
1 Select a brush that applies media
to a document.
2 Hold down Option (Mac OS) or
Alt (Windows), and click a color in
the image.
The Brush tool toggles to the
Dropper tool . The color is
“picked up” by the Dropper tool
and becomes the primary color.
Refer to “Sampling Colors from
Imagery” on page 80 for more
information about using the
Dropper tool.
Creating Two-Color Brush
Strokes
Usually, you work with only the
primary color—the front rectangle of
the two overlapping rectangles on the
Colors palette. Using one color
produces a solid, one-color brush
stroke. By selecting a secondary color,
you can create a two-color brush
stroke.
Palette menu
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