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Use colors and tints
You can use the Color Mixer to mix colors from CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black), RGB (Red, Green, Blue), and other color modes to create specific colors. The CMYK mode uses process colors that represent inks in four-color print, and RGB mode uses colors that appear onscreen, such as on a Web page.
The tutorial document, which is designed both to be printed and for export as a Flash movie, uses RGB colors. Here you'll use the RGB color mode to create a shade of gold for the beads, and you'll add the color to your document's list of color swatches. Later in the tutorial, you'll print pages using CMYK colors.
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If the Color Mixer panel is not visible, choose Window > Panels > Color Mixer. |
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Click the RGB button. For the color red, either type 255 in the text box or move the slider to 255. |
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For green and blue, either type 0 or move the slider to 0.
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In the Tints panel, click the 90% tint box, and then click the Add to Swatches button.
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In the Add to Swatches dialog box, type Ruby in the text box to name the color, then click Add.
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Note: When you add a tint to your list of swatches, FreeHand automatically adds the base color for the tint to your list of swatches as well. |
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On page 1, select the bead instance (not the beads along the path) and choose Modify > Symbol > Edit Symbol.
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In the symbol-editing window, magnify the symbol to 400%. |
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If the Swatches panel is not visible, choose Window > Panels > Swatches. Drag the Ruby swatch to the middle of the teardrop on the left (not the blue teardrop).
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Close the symbol-editing window. |
The beads along the path update to include the ruby color that you added. |
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On page 1, select and delete the bead instance. |
The symbol remains in the library.
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Note: As you complete the tutorial, remember to save your work frequently. |
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