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204 Color Handling

Shades
These allow both lighter and darker colors to be created all based on a parent color.
Changing the color of the parent changes all associated shades. For example, a drawing
of a car might use shades for the highlight and shaded regions of the car body. A single
edit to the parent changes all the colors of the entire body but keeps the shading correct.
Setting up shades this way is more time consuming but it is a very powerful way of
altering colors.

For best results, the parent color should be a "pure" saturated color. When using the
HSV color mode, saturation and value should ideally be 100%. When viewed in the
COLOR EDITOR (on page 193) the cross should be in the top left-hand corner.
Linked colors

Linked colors are similar to shades but give greater flexibility. These are also based on a
parent color but you define which attributes you want the linked color to share with its
parent. For example you can create a linked color that is a more or less saturated version
of the parent, but the hue and lightness / darkness follow the parent.

Creating a Tint, Shade or Linked color

TINTS, SHADES and LINKED COLOR have to have a master "parent" color, which needs to
be a named color, so that when you change this parent color, the tint will change as well.
So, if necessary, first create a named color (see Creating new named colors (on page
198)).
To create a tint, shade or linked color:

1. Select the object or objects to which you want to apply the color.
2. Open the COLOR EDITOR showing the advanced options.
3. Select the "normal color" drop-down menu and select the TINT, SHADE, or LINKED
option.
4. From the PARENT dropdown menu, select the named color that you want this color
to be linked to.
5. Adjust the TINT, SHADE or LINKED COLOR on the top section of the color editor.