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Add colors to the color palette

The color palette offers users the possibility to store and manage colors within the application.

The palette can contain colors from the [RGB], [CMYK] and [Grayscale] color space. It is not a

complete library, but a means to quickly access the most-used colors and the colors from the

document. The user can add, copy, edit and delete colors from the palette. Pantone Spot Colors

libraries are automatically installed.

The available colors in the [Color palette] are shown in two tabs:

1. [My palette]

These colors are defined by the user.

2. [Document palette]

These colors are used in the current document for text and graphics. Colors of images are not

available. Tab [Document palette] is only available when the color palette is opened via the

[Edit colors] dialog.

The [Color palette] is available in the [Pages] and the [VDP] workspace.

Add or edit a color

1. Click: [Tools] - [Color palette...].

2. Click the [New] button to add a new color to the color palette.

3. Define a name for the color.

4. The [Color space] value can be:

• [CMYK]

Define the [CMYK] values for the color.

• [RGB]

Define the [RGB] values for the color.

• [Spot color]

You can define a custom [Spot color]. See the procedure "Create a spot color" below.

• [Grayscale]

Define the [Brightness]. With this setting, you can make the image lighter or darker.

You can define the color manually or you can use the color picker.

Click the icon of the color picker to activate or deactivate the color picker. You can pick the

color of text and of graphical objects. The [Color space] of the selected object is used. The

color picker cannot retrieve the exact colors of an unsupported [Color space].

5. Click [OK].

Add a spot color

You can add spot colors to the color palette.

1. Define a name for the color.

2. Select the [Spot color] value.

3. Define a name for the spot color.

The default name of the spot color is used when you select a spot color from the [Spot color

library].

NOTE

Do not use ‘All’ or ‘None’ as the [Spot color name]. ‘All’ and ‘None’ are reserved

names. The print results become unpredictable when you use these reserved

names.

4. Default or custom spot color

• Click [Spot color library...] if you want to use a default spot color.

Add colors to the color palette

Chapter 2 - Configure the application

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