Palette window (non-XP images)

The Palette window contains inkwells filled with different colors of ink.

To select drawing inks (colors):

The Palette window operates slightly different depending on the color depth of the current image. The following details describe specific for each color depth.

16 Colors

The Windows standard color palette is used for 16-color images. The colors cannot be changed.

256 Colors

The Palette window includes inkwells for all colors when editing 256-color images. The palette is initialized with the color palette of the image being edited. When a new image 256-color image is created, the palette is initialized with 256 colors from the default palette file (except when the Begin New Image Using Current Image option has been selected).

The colors in the inkwells can be edited by double clicking with the left or right mouse button over the inkwell containing the color to change. If pixels in the current image contain the color being edited, they will also change to the new color. If this will occur, you will be notified before the Edit Color dialog is displayed.

New colors can be mixed in the Color Blend area.

Note

True Color

The Palette window is initialized with 256 colors from the default palette file.

The colors in the inkwells can be edited by double clicking with the left or right mouse button over the inkwell containing the color to change.

New colors can be mixed in the Color Blend area. Colors can be used directly from the Color Blend area and can also be dragged into the 256 inkwells.

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