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Colors on the color line
Named (Theme) Colors: First comes the Named Colors (if present in the
document, see below). Named colors are used to give templates and
designs theme colors, so that the color scheme of a design can easily be
changed without editing every object in it individually.
Linked Colors are represented differently on the color line by smaller
rounded rectangles, so it's much easier to distinguish which are normal
independent Named Colors and which are linked to a parent. See
Creating a Tint, Shade or Linked color
.
Palette colors: There are 46 pre-defined palette colors. There are 5
shades of 7 standard hues and 10 shades of grey, black and white.
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).
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
. The color line markers update immediately 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
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)
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