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Shades
These allow both lighter and darker colors to be created all based on a parent color. Changing the color
of the parent changes all associated shades. For example, a drawing of a car might use shades for the
highlight and shaded regions of the car body. A single edit to the parent changes all the colors of the
entire body but keeps the shading correct. Setting up shades this way is more time consuming but it is a
very powerful way of altering colors.
For best results, the parent color should be a "pure" saturated color. When using the HSV color mode,
saturation and value should ideally be 100%. When viewed in the Color Editor
the cross should be in the top left-hand corner.
Linked colors
Linked colors are similar to shades but give greater flexibility. These are also based on a parent color but
you define which attributes you want the linked color to share with its parent. For example you can
create a linked color that is a more or less saturated version of the parent, but the hue and lightness /
darkness follow the parent.
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