Colors list: Displays the standard colors as well as any custom colors you have created.
To define a new custom color, click New and type a new name for the color in the Untitled field. Click Modify to open the Color dialog. On the Color dialog, select a basic color that closely matches the color you want to create, use the color spectrum and edit boxes on the left side of the dialog to adjust the color settings, and then click OK.
To change the settings for a color, click the color name from the list, click Modify and make your changes.
To rename a color, select the color from the list, click Rename, and enter the new name.
To delete a color, select it from the list and click Delete. When you delete a color, it's no longer available to use in this project.
Basic Colors grid: The Basic Colors grid displays 48 predefined colors. To define a custom color, click the basic color closest to it, and then adjust the hue, saturation, luminosity, and red, green, and blue values.
Color spectrum box: The color spectrum box in the upper right of the dialog enables you to create custom colors.
To define a custom color, click anywhere in this box, and then use the triangle slider to adjust the color’s black and white attributes. If you enter numbers in Hue, Sat, Lum, Red, Green, or Blue, you can view the frame to make sure that the color is suitably defined. The results appear in the Color/Solid box.
Vertical color bar: The vertical color bar is located next to the color spectrum box in the upper left of the dialog.
By moving the sliding triangle, you can specify the amount of black and white in the color. The results appear in the Color/Solid box.
Color/Solid box: Color displays the amount of white and black attributes contained in the color. Solid displays how the color will look if you select 100 percent of the color without any black or white. You can specify that you want 100 percent of the color without any black or white if you want.
Hue: Specifies the color shade. It represents a value from the color wheel where red is 0, yellow is 60, green is 120, cyan is 180, magenta is 200, and blue is 240. If you change the hue, the values for red, green, and blue will also change.
Sat: Specifies the saturation (fill) level of a color. It is the amount of color in a specified hue, up to 240. (A combination of hue, saturation, and luminosity can be used to define any color.)
Lum: Specifies the luminosity (brilliance) of the color. If you change the luminosity, the values for red, green, and blue will also change.
Red: Specifies the amount of red in the color. A combination of red, green, and blue values can be used to define a color. If you change the red value, the values for hue, saturation, and luminosity will also change.
Green: Specifies the amount of green in the color. A combination of red, green, and blue values can be used to define a color. If you change the green value, the values for hue, saturation, and luminosity will also change.
Blue: Specifies the amount of blue in the color. A combination of red, green, and blue values can be used to define a color. If you change the blue value, the values for hue, saturation, and luminosity will also change.
Snap to Safe: Snaps the currently selected color to the "closest" browser-safe color, making it easier to create cross-platform/downgradeable documents. A browser-safe color is one that can be displayed correctly on most computers.