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194 Color Handling

Shows what you are editing
New named color
Show/hide advanced options
Eye dropper color picker
Previous color
Current color
Color panel (Color model dependent)
HSV hue selector
Numeric values (Color model dependent)
RGB hex color value
Color model (HSV, RGB, CMYK or grayscale)
3D editor mode option (only RGB & CMYK)
No color patch (only available when editing local color)
Make Named Color local to Frame/Layer
Rename named color
Color editor help
Type of color: Normal, Spot (if available), Tint, Shade or Linked
The illustration shows the full version of the COLOR EDITOR. Click HIDE ADVANCED
OPTIONS to display the smaller, simpler version.

Using the eye-dropper to pick colors
Instead of selecting hues and shades on the COLOR EDITOR you can instead pick a color
from any part of the document or any part of the computer screen—even from other
windows and programs.

To do this just click and drag on the eye dropper icon. As you drag you see the color
editor continuously picks up the color under the eye dropper. Release the mouse button
when you have the desired color. This is an easy and quick way to use the same color
again or copy colors from photos or from one object to another.

If the object under the mouse pointer is complex (eg. has transparency applied) and the
color cannot be determined, screen RGB color is applied.

The color sampler shows a small popup at the mouse
pointer which indicates the color that is being sampled at
that point. This will either be the palette color name, the
name of a named color, or the color model and color

value.

Previous and Current color

As you drag on the color editor the two small color swatches in the upper right of the
color editor show the current color and the previous (before you started changing the
color). This is useful if you want to make a small change and want to compare the old
and new colors.