Page 191 - Xara Designer Pro X17

Color Handling 191

EDIT Opens the color editor with the selected color (not
available for palette colors)
REPLACE COLOR This option is shown only when the selected object has
multiple component parts or multiple colors, such as a
button group.
SET FILL COLOR / SET LINE Set the fill or line color of the selected object with this
COLOR color
SET TEXT BACKGROUND Set the the color for a text background - like a
highlighter.
RENAME Rename a named color (not available for palette
colors)

DELETE Delete a named color (not available for palette colors)

OPTIONS Opens the "PAGE OPTIONS" > "VIEW" tab where you can
change the appearance and attributes of the Color line.

If the selected object is a bitmap, the fill and line color options are supplemented with SET
CONTONE DARK COLOR / SET CONTONE LIGHT COLOR. See Bitmap coloring (on page 293)
for more information.

When right clicking the “no color” swatch, the fill and line color options are replaced by:
CLEAR FILL COLOR / CLEAR LINE COLOR. This sets the selected object's relative attributes
to "no color". When applied to a contoned photo/bitmap, this restores the original image
colors.

Applying fill & line colors by drag & drop

• To apply a fill color to an object (selected or unselected), drag a color from the Color
Line and drop it into the center of the shape. Alternatively right click and choose FILL
COLOR to display the color editor.
• To set the line or outline color, drop it on the line, not the center.
• To change the page background color, "Ctrl + drag" a color onto the page background.

When dragging colors an indicator beside the pointer tells you what effect dropping the
color will have:

Set flat fill color (seen when you drag over an object) or the intermediary colors of
a multi-color fill (on page 295)

Set line color (seen when you drag over a line).

Set start color of graduated fill (seen when dragged over start of fill).