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Color Handling 167
mixed results doing this and some schemes will not work acceptably with some
themes. So for best results stick to the color schemes of the theme that you used to
create the site.
One of the color schemes provided with each theme matches the default colors used
by that theme. This allows you to easily return to the original colors if you prefer, after
experimenting with the alternate schemes.
Of course you don’t need to use the provided color schemes to re-color your website.
You can customize the theme colors yourself and choose a combination of colors that
you think work well together. See "Editing named colors (on page 168)".
Creating your own color schemes
It’s very easy to create your own color scheme files, which you can pass on to other
Page & Layout Designer users for them to apply to designs created with the same
theme.
1. Load one of the page templates for the theme. Choose one which shows off all
the colors of the theme most effectively. You can add more elements to the
page if required, to help show off the range of theme colors.
2. Edit the named colors of the theme one at a time, as described in the ‘Editing
named colors’ section (on page 168) below.
3. Once you are happy with your new color scheme, use "FILE" > "SAVE AS" to
save it. The filename you choose MUST include "themecolorscheme" as part of
the filename. That is how Page & Layout Designer identifies color scheme files
– just by looking for that sequence in the filename. It’s a good idea to also
include the name of the theme to which the scheme applies. For example a
new blue color scheme for the "Beta" themeset could be named something like
"betathemecolorschemeblue.web".
To test your color scheme, drag and drop it from File Explorer onto a page that still
has the default theme colors. The page should be instantly re-colored using your color
scheme.
Creating new named colors
If you want to use the same color in different parts of the drawing, and there is any
chance you might want to change that color in future, it is highly recommended that
you create a
NAMED COLOR. This is easy in MAGIX Page & Layout Designer 2013:
Select an object whose color you want to use and then click
NEW NAMED COLOR in the
COLOR EDITOR.
Click to create a new named color Give the color a suitable