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Using the eye-dropper to pick colors
Instead of selecting hues and shades on the COLOR EDITOR you can instead pick a
color from any part of the document or any part of the computer screen—even from
other windows and programs.
To do this just click and drag on the eye dropper icon. As you drag you see the color
editor continuously picks up the color under the eye dropper. Release the mouse
button when you have the desired color. This is an easy and quick way to use the
same color again or copy colors from photos or from one object to another.
If the object under the mouse pointer is complex (eg. has transparency applied) and
the color cannot be determined, screen RGB color is applied.
The color sampler shows a small popup at the mouse
pointer which indicates the color that is being sampled
at that point. This will either be the palette color name,
the name of a named color, or the color model and color
value.
Previous and Current color
As you drag on the color editor the two small color swatches in the upper right of the
color editor show the current color and the previous (before you started changing the
color). This is useful if you want to make a small change and want to compare the old
and new colors.
3D color editor
When editing RGB or CMYK colors the editor can be put into an advanced 3D mode
that displays colors in a color cube. Some people may prefer to work this way.
Specifying colors in the Color Editor
Shows the expanded color editor, with the HSV
picker on the left, RGB picker on the right.
You can enter precise RGB (or HSV or
CMYK) color values in a number of
ways. The most common requirement
for web graphics is to enter a hex RGB
color.
You can do this with the color editor
showing either HSV colors (the
default) or showing RGB colors.
To select the RGB picker, right click on
the dialog and select RGB. This allows
you to enter RGB values as
percentages or 0-255 values.