CMYK, and so on); see Image modes for Canvas paint objects on
page 31.621. You can arrange paint objects in a document with vec-
tor and text objects that use spot colors, but only the vector and text
objects will produce spot color separations.
To select a color for painting: Press the foreground or back-
ground color icon in the Toolbox to open the Inks palette; choose a
color on the Color tab. If you tear the Inks palette away from the
Toolbox, it becomes a floating palette you can keep open as you
work. When the palette is floating, you can select colors by clicking
color tiles in the Color tab. You can also create new colors in the
Color manager. See Creating color inks on page 18.315.
You can quickly switch the foreground and background painting col-
ors by pressing x when a paint object is in edit mode. To restore the
foreground color to black and the background color to white, press
the single open quote key () on the keyboard.
Picking colors from images and objects
You can use the Color Dropper tool to pick up color from an image
or object. The color you select becomes the current background or
foreground color that you can use for painting.
To select the background color: Select the Color Dropper tool
in the Effects Tools toolbar in the Toolbox and click a color in an
object or image.
To select the foreground color: Select the Color Dropper tool
in the Effects Tools toolbar and Option-click (Mac) or right-button
click (Windows) a color in an object or image.
Note: When a paint object is in edit mode and you change the fore-
ground or background color, the color you select stays in effect,
becoming the current color for subsequent drawing and painting.
Selecting brushes and painting options
The Brushes palette provides brushes and options for painting and
image-editing. You can select preset brushes and create new brushes.
The Opacity slider lets you adjust opacity for painting. The Mode
menu lets you choose painting modes to control color application and
target tonal ranges.
Brushes palette
When the Brushes palette is floating you can click brushes to select
them. You can also use the Opacity slider, select painting modes,
Color Dropper tool
Tip
You can select the Color Drop-
per in image edit mode by
pressing Option (Mac) or Alt
(Windows).