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Colors
Colors make an important contribution to the look and feel of your templates. This topic
explains how to define and apply colors and how to keep them consistent in different output
channels.
Defining colors, spot colors and tints
Color selectors, such as the drop-down list on the toolbar, initially contain a small set of colors.
Add your own colors so that they can be used throughout the templates, in all contexts and in
color selector dialogs as well as with their names in style rules (see "Styling and formatting" on
page290).
Defining colors
To define colors:
1. Select Edit > Colors on the menu.
2. Add a color. There are two ways to do this:
l Click the New button (the green plus).
l
Select an existing color from the list and copy it using the Duplicate button .
(The Filter drop-down limits the list to colors of a certain type.) Select the new color
and click the Edit button .
3. In the Edit color dialog, type a name for the color (or let the Designer create a name based
on the values that you select). The color’s name can be used in style sheets. It should not
contain spaces or special characters.
Tip
Working with style sheets? Choose a name that reflects the purpose of the color,
rather than a name that describes the color. This way you won't have to change the
color's name in the style sheets when you change the color.
4. Click Color. (Tint is used for transparent colors.)
5. Select the color type: CMYK or RGB.
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