User Guide

150 Corel Painter User Guide
2 On the Colors palette, click the palette menu arrow, and choose Standard Colors.
3 Drag or click in the Hue Ring to select a hue.
4 Drag or click in the Saturation/Value Triangle to pick the saturation.
The color you select becomes the main color and is displayed in the front square
below the Hue Ring. The back square shows the additional color. The additional
color is not the canvas color; it is used to create two-color brush strokes and
two-point gradients. Refer to “Understanding Main and Additional Colors” on
page 80 for more information.
5 Paint in the document window.
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 switches to the Dropper tool . The color is “picked up” by the
Dropper tool and becomes the main color. Refer to “Understanding Main and
Additional Colors” on page 80 for more information about using the Dropper tool.
3 Paint in the document window.
Creating Two-Color Brush Strokes
Usually, you work with only the main color — the front square of the two overlapping
squares on the Colors palette. Using one color produces a solid, one-color brush stroke.
By selecting an additional color, you can create a two-color brush stroke.
To set up a two-color brush stroke
1 On the Brush Selector bar, choose a brush category.
Palette menu
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