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Color Handling 181

Named (Theme) Colors: First comes the Named Colors (if present in the
document, see below). Named colors are used to give templates and designs
theme colors, so that the color scheme of a design can easily be changed without
editing every object in it individually.
Linked Colors are represented differently on the color line by smaller rounded
rectangles, so it's much easier to distinguish which are normal independent Named
Colors and which are linked to a parent. See Creating a Tint, Shade or Linked color
(on page 194).
Palette colors: There are 46 pre-defined palette colors. There are 5 shades of 7
standard hues and 10 shades of grey, black and white. Palette colors are not
editable (i.e they are not Named Colors) and are designed as a simple, limited
selection of colors to apply to objects (either by dragging on to the object or
clicking).

Little markers in the color icons shows which of the named colors (if any) or palette
colors have been applied to the selected object(s).

Diamond markers show the colors used by the selected objects. A diamond
in the top-left corner indicates the fill color, in the top-right corner indicates
the line color.

Cross-shaped markers show the current color attributes if there are no
objects selected. Line color on the right, fill color on the left.
Triangular markers show the colors of a fill if you have applied one.

This works also when choosing a color with the color picker from existing objects, see
Using the eye-dropper to pick colors (on page 185). The color line markers update
immediately and indicate the color of the object under the eye-dropper as you're dragging
around.

Re-ordering colors on the color line
Only named colors can be re-arranged on the Color Line. "Ctrl + drag" colors along the
Color Line. This also reorders the COLOR GALLERY.

Color line context menu

Click on a color on the Color Line to show a context sensitive menu with the following
options: