Applying color – Adobe InDesign User Manual
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Applying color
Apply color
Select a color with the Color Picker
Apply the last used color
Remove fill or stroke color
Applying colors by dragging and dropping
Apply a color or gradient swatch
Apply color using the Color panel
Create a swatch from a color in the Color panel
Cycle through color modes
Apply colors using the Eyedropper tool
Apply colors to grayscale images
Apply color
Adobe InDesign provides a number of tools for applying color, including the Toolbox, the Swatches panel, the Color panel, the Color Picker, and
the Control panel.
When you apply a color, you can specify whether the color applies to the stroke or fill of an object. The stroke is the border, or frame, of an object,
and the fill is the background of an object. When you apply a color to a text frame, you can specify whether the color change affects the text frame
or the text inside the frame.
1. Select the object you want to color by doing one of the following:
For a path or frame, use the Selection tool or the Direct Selection tool , as necessary.
For a grayscale or monochrome (1-bit) image, click the Content Grabber or use the Direct Selection tool. You can apply only two colors
to a grayscale or monochrome image.
For text characters, use the Type tool
to change the text color of a single word or the entire text within a frame.
To change the color of gaps in a dashed, dotted, or striped stroke, use the Stroke panel.
2. In the Toolbox or in the Color or Swatches panel, select the Formatting Affects Text or Formatting Affects Container to determine whether
color is applied to the text or the text frame.
3. In the Toolbox or in the Color or Swatches panel, select the Fill box or the Stroke box to specify the fill or stroke of the object. (If you
selected an image, the Stroke box has no effect.)
Specify how color is applied in the Toolbox
A. Fill box B. Formatting Affects Container C. Stroke box D. Formatting Affects Text
4. Do one of the following:
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