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Getting Started 31
When editing a color you can drag the eye dropper to pick colors off screen,
even from other open windows
Select the color to edit: Fill color/Line color of the selected object or any of the
named theme colors
Click the label icon to create a Named Color
Click to show extended color controls
Previous Color
Actual color
Drag here to select any shade of the selected hue
Drag here to select any hue
The Color Editor provides easy way of choosing any color. Click the Extended
Controls to enter RGB values.
Note that when you change a Theme Color in this way, all the related shades used
throughout the document will change as well.
Coloring Shapes
You can fill any drawn shape with a color, either by dragging the color from the Color
Line and dropping it on to the shape, or by first selecting the object and then clicking
on the Color Line.
Alternatively right click the shape and choose FILL COLOR or click the small Color
Editor icon (or press "Ctrl + E") to display the Color Editor, where you can set any
color you like.
You can give drawn objects a graduated color fill using the
FILL TOOL (ON PAGE 213).
Coloring Imported Clipart
When you import a clipart graphic by dragging from the DESIGN GALLERY, using the
"
FILE" > "IMPORT" option, or dragging a .web or .xar file onto your page, you will
usually be asked whether you want to match the colors. If you select not to, then any
named colors used in this graphic will be added to the Color Line. Clicking on any
color on the Color Line will give you the option to edit the color.
Coloring Photos
If you try to color a photo it turns it into a 'contoned' photo. For example, to make any
photo black and white, right click and choose "
CONTONE" > "MAKE BLACK AND WHITE"
or select it and click on the white color patch on the end of the Color Line. You can set
the light or dark color to be any two colors, not just white and black - right click,
choose "
CONTONE" > "LIGHT" and click a color in the Color Editor.
Note: If the photo is inside a group, as many of the photo objects in the templates or
clipart are, then you will have to select the photo inside (on page 100) the group