Adobe InDesign CS3 - Manual (Page 422)

INDESIGN CS3
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Named and unnamed colors only affect how a particular color updates in your document, never how colors separate
or behave when you move them between applications.
Applying color
Apply color
Adobe InDesign CS3 provides a number of tools for applying color, including the Toolbox, the Swatches panel, the
Color panel, and the Color Picker.
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, use the Direct Selection tool. You can only apply 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 panels, 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 panels, 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.)
Fill and stroke area of the Toolbox
A. Fill box B. Stroke box
4 Do one of the following:
• Select a color, tint, or gradient using the Swatches or Gradient panels.
• 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 spectrum 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).
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