Creating blends of color inks
You can select two color cells and create a blend of colors to add to
the Inks palette.
To blend colors
1
In the Inks palette, click the Color tab to bring it to the front.
2
Click the cell you want to start the blend, then Ctrl-click the
cell you want to end the blend.
3
Choose Blend in the pop-up menu. A dialog box appears. Enter
the number of steps you want in the blend, and then click OK. Can-
vas creates the blend and adds the new cells to the Color tab.
Creating custom colors in pop-up palettes
In Canvas, dialog boxes and palettes that let you choose colors have a
color icon that opens a pop-up palette.
When you press the color icon to open the palette, you see the colors
currently on the Color tab of the Inks palette. If the color you want
isnt in the pop-up palette, select the Custom button to open the Color
Editor dialog box.
The Custom button appears in pop-up color palettes in the following
dialog boxes and palettes:
Inks
Color manager (CMYK Tints & RGB Tints only)
Gradient manager
Hatch manager (pen color pop-up only)
Strokes
Neon manager
Parallel manager
Layers
Layer Options dialog box
Color calibration
Gamut Warning dialog box
Image editing
Duotone Options dialog box
New Channel dialog box
Channel Options dialog box
Create Image dialog box
Effects
Extrude palette
1
2
3
Blended colors
2
Color icon
Tip
Only create custom colors with
the Color Editor if you dont
need to use that color again.
Colors created with the Color
Editor arent added to the Inks
palette.