Applying color to objects


    Use the Colors or Swatches palette to apply color to page backgrounds, text, and objects on a page. For information on applying color to text or page backgrounds, see Applying fonts, type sizes, and color to text and Applying images or color to the page background.

To apply color to an object:

  1. Select the object you want to color (for example, a table cell).
  2. In the Inspector, click the lower right corner of the color field and choose a color from the swatches that appear, or click the color field and do one of the following:
    • Select a color from the Color palette. To use only Web safe colors, choose Only Web Colors from the Color palette menu, and then select a color. The sliders snap to Web-safe colors when you drag them.

    Note: Web-safe colors are the 216 colors that are used by browsers, regardless of platform. Browsers change all colors in the image to these colors when displaying the image on an 8-bit screen. By working with Web-safe colors, you can ensure that the colors in your Web pages will not dither on a system using a 256 color display.

    • Choose a color from the Swatches palette. An alert cube next to the color rectangle indicates a Web-safe color.

    Note: Alert cubes appear only if you're viewing Swatches using the Small List display option.

To remove color from a selection:

  1. Select the colored object.
  2. Deselect Color in the Inspector.

To extract a color using the eyedropper:

    Do one of the following:

    • Open the Color palette and click the Eyedropper tool Eyedropper tool , then drag the eyedropper to the color that you want to extract.
    • In the Swatches palette, move the pointer over a swatch until it changes to an eyedropper Eyedropper tool, and then click and drag the eyedropper to the color that you want to extract.

    Note: Notice that the color changes in the Color palette as you drag.