Operation Manual

Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency 157
Adding colours to the Document Palette
Colours are added manually or automatically from the Colour tab or taken
directly from an object's line/fill into the user's Document Palette.
The palette also stores commonly used colours (e.g., Red, Green, Blue).
Colours can be added, edited, deleted, or renamed within the Document Palette
as in any of the other Swatch tab's palettes.
Colours in the Document Palette are just saved locally, along with the drawing's
current defaults. That is, the colours don't automatically carry over to new
drawings. However, changes to the other palettes are saved globally, making
them available to all drawings.
To add a colour to the Document Palette (from Colour tab):
• Select a colour mixed from the Colour tab.
If the colour doesn't already exist in the Swatch tab's Document Palette, a new
thumbnail appears for it.
To add a new colour (via dialog):
1. Display the Document Palette on the Swatch tab.
2. Click Palette Menu and select Add New Colour....
- or -
right-click any thumbnail and choose Add....
3. (Optional) From the Colour Selector dialog's Model drop-down list,
choose a different colour model (e.g., CMYK sliders).
4. Depending on the selected colour mode, use the Colour Wheel, or
combination of slider and colour spectrum (or use the input boxes) to set
your colour value. When using the colour spectrum, click anywhere in the
window then drag the marker around to fine-tune your colour selection.
5. Click OK. A new swatch is added to the palette.
Use the Colour Picker in the Colour Selector dialog to sample
colours from anywhere on your computer screen.