The Color Window

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Choosing Color from the View menu will display the Color window, enabling operations related to colors.

Contents 1 Color Box 2 RGB Sliders 2.1 R Slider 2.2 G Slider 2.3 B Slider 3 CMY Sliders 3.1 C Slider 3.2 M Slider 3.3 Y Slider 3.4 HSV Show/Hide Button 3.5 Hue Slider 3.6 Saturation Slider 3.7 Value Slider 3.8 Color List Show/Hide Button 3.9 Clear Button 3.10 Save Button 3.11 Load Button

Color Box

This box displays the current color selected in the Color window. You can apply this color by dragging it from the color box to another appropriate window.

Clicking the color box will display your computer’s standard color selection dialog. You can then use that dialog to choose a color.

RGB Sliders

Dragging these three sliders (top-center) changes the three primary colors of the Red-Green-Blue color specification system. Click a slider while holding the Ctrl (Win) / option (Mac) to display a dialog in which you can enter a real number ranging from 0 to 1.

R Slider

This slider changes the intensity of red.

G Slider

This slider changes the intensity of green.

B Slider

This slider changes the intensity of blue.

CMY Sliders

Dragging these three sliders (top-right) changes the three primary colors of the Cyan-Magenta-Yellow color specification system. Click a slider while holding the Ctrl (Win) / option (Mac) to display a dialog in which you can enter a real number ranging from 0 to 1.

C Slider

This slider changes the intensity of cyan.

M Slider

This slider changes the intensity of magenta.

Y Slider

This slider changes the intensity of yellow.

HSV Show/Hide Button

This button is used to show or hide the sliders for setting hue, saturation, and value, as well as the preview box for displaying those components.

Hue Slider

Drag the slider or enter a value between 0 and 1 to change the hue.

Saturation Slider

Drag the slider or enter a value between 0 and 1 to change the saturation. The closer the value is to 1, the purer the color will be.

Value Slider

Drag the slider or enter a value between 0 and 1 to change the value. The tone becomes darker as the value gets closer to 0, and lighter as the value gets closer to 1.

Color List Show/Hide Button

Click this button to show/hide the Color List.

Clear Button

This button is used to clear the Color List.

Save Button

This button is used to save the Color List as a Color List file.

Load Button

You can load a color list from a Color List file with the extension “.shdclt.” Color files and color systems from Adobe Illustrator (in the Mac OS X version, files in the Color System Folders in Illustrator 5.5, or files in the Swatch Library files in Illustrator 7.0; in the Windows version, the .AI files in the Swatch Libraries folder in Illustrator 7.01) can be loaded.