The color palette offers users the possibility to store and manage colors within the application. The palette can contain colors from the [RGB], [CMYK] and [Grayscale] color space. It is not a complete library, but a means to quickly access the most-used colors and the colors from the document. The user can add, copy, edit and delete colors from the palette. Pantone Spot Colors libraries are automatically installed.
The available colors in the [Color palette] are shown in two tabs:
[My palette]
These colors are defined by the user.
[Document palette]
These colors are used in the current document for text and graphics. Colors of images are not available. Tab [Document palette] is only available when the color palette is opened via the [Edit colors] dialog.
The [Color palette] is available in the [Pages] and the [VDP] workspace.
Click: [Tools] - [Color palette...].
Click the [New] button to add a new color to the color palette.
Define a name for the color.
The [Color space] value can be:
[CMYK]
Define the [CMYK] values for the color.
[RGB]
Define the [RGB] values for the color.
[Spot color]
You can define a custom [Spot color]. See the procedure "Create a spot color" below.
[Grayscale]
Define the [Brightness]. With this setting, you can make the image lighter or darker.
You can define the color manually or you can use the color picker.
Click the icon of the color picker to activate or deactivate the color picker. You can pick the color of text and of graphical objects. The [Color space] of the selected object is used. The color picker cannot get the exact colors of an unsupported [Color space].
Click [OK].
You can add spot colors to the color palette.
Define a name for the color.
Select the [Spot color] value.
Define a name for the spot color.
The default name of the spot color is used when you select a spot color from the [Spot color library].
NOTE
Do not use ‘All’ or ‘None’ as the [Spot color name]. ‘All’ and ‘None’ are reserved names. The print results become unpredictable when you use these reserved names.
Default or custom spot color
Click [Spot color library...] if you want to use a default spot color.
Select a library from the drop-down list. Select the spot color from the list of colors. You can type - part of - a spot color name in the [Name] field and click the [Filter] button. A subset of the available spot colors is displayed. Click [OK] after you have selected a spot color.
The name of the default spot color is automatically used for the [Spot color name] option. It is recommended that you change the [Spot color name] if you can change the [Tint] of the spot color.
[Custom spot color]
Use the [Input mode] to define the [Color space] of the custom spot color. You can define the color manually or you can use the color picker. You can change the [Tint] of the custom spot color. You can also select a default spot color first. Then, you can customize the spot color using the input mode and the tint.
[Tint]
You can create a tint or lighter percentage of a spot color.
Click [OK].