"Color" Dialog

This dialog is used to set color for a shape, its text or other attributes.

You can call this dialog by choosing the More Colors... from the appropriate toolbar button menu.

The Color dialog in Windows: The Color dialog in Mac OS X:

 

In the upper part of the dialog you can choose one of the 256 colors of the document's color palette (each document can create it's own palette - see Document Settings - Color Palette. Also see the description of the Color Palette dialog).

current - shows the currently chosen color.
old - shows the color being changed.
Color Index - indicates the number of the currently chosen color in the color palette.

The slider near Hide custom color button allows you to add transparency to your objects in order to make them more attractive or if you want to see objects located under. Move slider to the right to increase the transparency of the object and to the left to decrease it.

The Custom color section allows to choose or set any color, available in the chosen color scheme.

To choose the needed color, click on it with the mouse.

You can specify a color manually in one of the two available color schemes: RGB or CMYK. The currently chosen scheme is shown in the drop-down list:

- RGB Scheme
- CMYC Scheme

The R(ed),G(reen),B(lue) or C(yan),M(agenta),Y(ellow),(blac)K slide bars allow to change each component of the color scheme.

Note: In the RGB Scheme the color components may range from 0 to 255; in the CMYC Scheme the components are shown in percents and may range from 0 to 100

System - calls the system color dialog.