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Color Handling 161
If the selected object is a bitmap, the fill and line color options are replaced with SET
CONTONE DARK COLOR / SET CONTONE LIGHT COLOR.
See Bitmap coloring (on page
217) for more information.
Wh
en right clicking the “no color” swatch, the fill and line color options are replaced
by:
CLEAR FILL COLOR / CLEAR LINE COLOR. This sets the selected object's relative
attributes to "no color". When applied to a contoned photo/bitmap, this restores the
original image colors.
Applying fill & line colors by drag & drop
• To apply a fill color to an object (selected or unselected), drag a color from the
Color Line and drop it into the center of the shape. Alternatively right click and
choose
FILL COLOR to display the color editor.
• To set the line or outline color, drop it on the line, not the center.
• To change the current fill color, drag a color into a blank space.
• To change the page background color, "Ctrl + drag" a color onto the page
background.
When dragging colors an indicator beside the pointer tells you what effect dropping
the color will have:
Set flat fill color (seen when you drag over an object) or the intermediary colors
of a multi-color fill (on page 219)
Set line color (seen when you drag over a line).
Set the current fill color (seen when you drag over an empty space).
Set start color of graduated fill (seen when dragged over start of fill).
Set end color of graduated fill (seen when dragged over end of fill). For three
and four-color fills, a number is added to mark the according end color handle.
Set page background color (seen when you drag a color onto the page).
Instead of drag & drop, if you have an object selected, you can just click on the Color
Line. If only open shapes or lines are selected, this will set the line and the fill color. In
any other case, you can alter the line color by "Shift + clicking" on the Color Line.
If a bitmap or a bitmap-filled shape is selected, then clicking on Color Line will
contone the bitmap. That means, the bitmap is converted to greyscale (black and
white) and the used color is used as a contone light color. The contone dark color is
usually black. You can set both contone colors via the Color Line context menu (see
above). See Bitmap coloring (on page 217) for more information.