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Linked shades
You can create colors that are lighter or darker shades of another color, so that when you alter the
'parent' color, all the lighter and darker shades change to match the new hue. For example a graduated
color shade on a button, such as this:
This is a simple rounded rectangle with a graduated
color fill created with the Fill Tool. In the Fill Tool
you can click on the either end of the arrow to set the
color.
If you create the main green color as a named color, and then make a lighter or darker shade of the
color, as a linked shade, when you now edit the named color the shades change as well, so you get
simple re-coloring of complex shaded objects.
To create a linked shade, open the extra controls in the Color Editor and select the 'Normal Color'
drop-down menu and choose 'Shade of another color
'.
Click this button to reveal the extra controls.
You can now select any light or darker shade of the parent color. The
cross marks the parent color.
Select Shade
from this drop-down list and then the parent color.
You can also create a Linked Shade that appears on the Color Line (so you can easily apply it to other
objects). When you select to create a new Named Color you can choose to make this a linked 'Shade of
another color'.
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