Page 198 - Xara Designer Pro X17

198 Color Handling

1. Load one of the page templates for the theme. Choose one which shows off all the
colors of the theme most effectively. You can add more elements to the page if
required, to help show off the range of theme colors.
2. Edit the named colors of the theme one at a time, as described in the ‘Editing
named colors’ section (on page 201) below.
3. Once you are happy with your new color scheme, use "FILE" > "SAVE AS" to save it.
The filename you choose MUST include "themecolorscheme" as part of the
filename. That is how Designer Pro identifies color scheme files – just by looking
for that sequence in the filename. It’s a good idea to also include the name of the
theme to which the scheme applies. For example a new blue color scheme for the
"Beta" themeset could be named something like "betathemecolorschemeblue.web".

To test your color scheme, drag and drop it from File Explorer onto a page that still has
the default theme colors. The page should be instantly re-colored using your color
scheme.

Creating new named colors

If you want to use the same color in different parts of the drawing, and there is any
chance you might want to change that color in future, it is highly recommended that you
create a NAMED COLOR. This is easy in Xara Designer Pro X:

Select an object whose color you want to use and then click NEW NAMED COLOR in the
COLOR EDITOR.