User guide

Using colors
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You can use the color selector to specify the color of a theme element or to define and save a palette of custom
colors. You can also save custom colors by dragging colors from the Inspector pane to the Catalog pane.
Change the color of a theme element
1. Click a color swatch.
2. In the Color Picker dialog box, perform one of the following actions:
Task Steps
Specify an RGB color.
On the RGB tab, move the Red, Green, and Blue color
slide bars to adjust the color.
Specify the hue, saturation, and brightness of a color.
On the HSB tab, move the Hue, Saturation, and
Brightness slide bars to adjust the color.
Select a color from the color wheel.
a. On the Wheel tab, move the slide bar on the luminosity
scale at the right.
b. Drag the pointer in the color wheel to the color that you
want. Each pixel in the wheel represents a different
color.
Specify a CMYK color.
On the CMYK tab, move the Cyan, Magenta, Yellow,
and Black slide bars to adjust the color.
Specify a color that all platforms and browsers support.
On the Web tab, click a web-safe color.
Select a color sample from anywhere on the screen.
a. Click the eyedropper button to change the cursor to the
eyedropper tool.
b. Move the eyedropper tool anywhere on the screen. The
color selection box changes as you drag the eyedropper
tool.
c. Click the color that you want to use.
3. To convert the selected color to the closest web-safe color, select the Web safe check box.
4. To save a color to the custom color palette, click the color that appears in the color selection box and drag it to
any color swatch on the custom color palette.
5. Perform one of the following actions:
• To apply the color to the theme element without closing the color selector, click Apply.
• To apply the color and close the color selector, click OK.
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