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Colors on the color line
NAMED COLORS: First comes the Named Colors with its according Linked Colors
(if present in the document, see below).
LINKED COLORS are represented differently on the color line by smaller rounded
rectangles. When editing templates, to change the color scheme of the design
you should only normally edit the Named Colors (large squares) and leave the
Linked colors unchanged.
SPOT COLORS: If your document contains spot colors (on page 293), they appear
on the Color Line (and in the Color Gallery) as circles.
PALETTE COLORS: By default, there is a 'Standard Palette' of 46 pre-defined
colors. There are 5 shades of 7 standard hues and 10 shades of gray, black and
white. Standard Palette colors are not editable (i.e they are not Named Colors)
and are designed as a simple, limited selection of colors to apply to objects
(either by dragging on to the object or clicking). Use the Color Gallery (on page
172) to show other palettes like Web Colors or Pantone® C
olors (if available).
Little markers in the color icons shows which of the named colors (if any) or palette
colors have been applied to the selected object(s).
Diamond markers show the colors used by the selected objects. A
diamond in the top-left corner indicates the fill color, in the top-right
corner indicates the line color.
Cross-shaped markers show the current color attributes if there are no
objects selected. Line color on the right, fill color on the left.
Triangular markers show the colors of a fill if you have applied one.
This works also when choosing a color with the color picker from existing objects, see
Using the eye-dropper to pick colors (on page 164). The color line markers update
immediat
ely and indicate the color of the object under the eye-dropper as you're
dragging around.
Re-ordering colors on the color line
Only named colors can be re-arranged on the Color Line. "Ctrl + drag" colors along
the Color Line. This also reorders the
COLOR GALLERY.
Color line context menu
Right click on a color on the Color Line to show a context sensitive menu with the
following options:
EDIT
Opens the color editor with the selected color (not
available for palette colors)
SET FILL COLOR / SET LINE
COLOR
Set the fill or line color of the selected object with this
color
RENAME
Rename a named color (not available for palette
colors)
DELETE
Delete a named color (not available for palette colors)