Selecting a Custom Color |
You can select a custom color for the font, line, and fill properties of objects on the template, as well as for the template itself, on the Custom tab of the Colors dialog. You can access the Colors dialog by selecting More Colors anywhere the Color control is available. The Color control appears in various places on the toolbars, as well as on property pages throughout the Properties dialog, and on the Background tab of the Page Setup dialog.
Selecting your custom color can be as simple as clicking on and dragging the mouse pointer across the interactive color palette on this tab, and/or dragging the arrow along the vertical color bar to the right of the color palette to find the desired lightness or darkness of the color currently selected in the palette.
For greater precision in selecting your custom color, you can set the red, green, and blue (RGB) color values that define the color, and further customize the color by setting its hue, saturation, and/or luminosity.
Hue. The numeric value that describes the specific tone of the color, based on where is exists on the color wheel. Changing the hue value changes the actual color selected, and you will note that the color selection indicator in the color palette moves as you change the hue value.
Saturation. The numeric value that controls the intensity of the hue, from gray tone (no saturation of the hue), to pure, vivid color (high saturation of the hue). As with hue, changing the saturation value moves the color selection indicator in the color palette, as the actual color is being changed by the saturation value.
Luminosity. The numeric value that controls the lightness or darkness of the color selected, from black (no lightness) to white (full lightness). Changing the luminosity value does not change your color selection on the color palette, just the light or dark appearance of that color.
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In some instances, you can only access the Color dialog for a particular property from the property page itself. For example, if you want to select a custom color for a text object's border, you must do this from the Border property page of the Text Properties dialog, |
To select a custom color
Using one of the methods described above, open the Colors dialog.
Click on the Custom tab and create a custom color using one or more of the following methods:
Click and drag the mouse in the color palette to select a color.
Click on and drag the arrow to the right of the vertical color bar to find the appropriate shade (lighter or darker) of the color currently selected in the color palette.
Enter a color's RGB value in the Red, Green, and Blue fields.
Adjust the hue, saturation and/or luminosity in the Hue, Sat, and Lum fields.
Click OK to select the color.
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