Select a color with the color picker – Adobe InDesign User Manual
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Select a color, tint, or gradient using the Swatches or Gradient panel.
Select a color, tint, or gradient from the Fill or Stroke menu in the Control panel.
Double-click either the Fill or Stroke box in the Toolbox or the Color panel to open the Color Picker. Select the desired color, and
click OK.
You can apply color to any grayscale image, provided it does not contain alpha or spot channels. If you imported an image with a clipping path,
select the clipping path using the Direct Selection tool to apply color to the clipped area only.
Select a color with the Color Picker
The Color Picker lets you choose colors from a color field or specify colors numerically. You can define colors using the RGB, Lab, or CMYK color
model.
1. Double-click either the Fill or Stroke box in the Toolbox or the Color panel to open the Color Picker.
2. To change the color spectrum displayed in the Color Picker, click a letter: R (Red), G (Green), or B (Blue); or L (luminance), a (green-red
axis), or b (blue-yellow axis).
Color Picker
A. Original color B. New color C. Color field D. Color slider triangles E. Color spectrum
3. To define a color, do any of the following:
Click or drag inside the color field. Cross-hairs indicate the color’s position in the color field.
Drag the color slider triangles along the color spectrum or click inside the color spectrum.
Enter values in any of the text boxes.
4. To save the color as a swatch, click Add CMYK Swatch, Add RGB Swatch, or Add Lab Swatch. InDesign adds the color to the Swatches
panel, using the color values as its name.
5. Click OK.
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