User Guide

Color82
2 Choose Window menu > Show
Colors
to display the Colors
palette.
3 Choose a primary and secondary
color from the standard or small
Color Picker.
Refer to “Understanding Primary
and Secondary Colors” on page 79
for more information about setting
primary and secondary colors.
4 Choose Window menu > Show
Color Expression
to display the
Color Expression palette.
5 Choose Direction from the
Controller pop-up menu.
6 Paint in the document.
The primary color is used in one
direction and the secondary color
is used in the other.
Note
•
You can also choose a color from a
color set.
Tip
•
You might want to try a different
setting from the Controller pop-up menu
on the Color Expression palette. Try
setting it to Pressure instead of Direction.
The Mixer Palette
The Mixer palette mimics the
traditional experience of mixing colors
on an artist’s palette. You can apply
two or more colors to the Mixer Pad,
blending them together to get the
color you want.
Colors can be saved, loaded, and reset
on the Mixer palette, saved as color
swatches, and saved to color sets.
The Mixer palette.
To display the Mixer palette
• Choose Window menu > Show
Mixer.
To change the Mixer Pad
background
1 Choose Window menu > Show
Mixer.
2 Click the palette menu arrow, and
choose Change Mixer
Background.
3 In the Color dialog box, choose a
background color.
The Mixer Palette Tools
The tools on the Mixer palette are
used to apply, mix, sample, and clear
color on the Mixer Pad.
The Mixer palette tools.
The Brush Tool
The Brush tool acts as a loaded paint
source, applying color to the Mixer
Pad. Color loaded on it also blends
with color already on the Mixer Pad.