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The Color Editor
The Color Editor is used to change the color of objects in the document.
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
Drag here to increase the window size
The easiest way to create a new color is to select the hue along the bottom color strip. All possible
shades of this hue are then shown in the top section, so just click or drag in the top section to select the
new color. You'll notice the selected objects change color as you adjust them in the color editor (called
"live preview").
For example to select a pink color, which is a pale shade of red, select red along the bottom section and
then select a very pale red (pink) from the top right area of the top section.
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.
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
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