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 isn’t 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 don’t need to use that color again. Colors created with the Color Editor aren’t added to the Inks palette.
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