Adobe Flash Professional CC 2014 v.13.0 - Manual (Page 177)

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tile pattern with the image repeated within the shape.
HSB Lets you change the Hue, Saturation, and Brightness of the colors in a fill.
RGB Lets you change the density of the red, green, and blue (RGB) colors in a fill.
Alpha Sets the opacity for a solid fill, or the currently selected slider for a gradient fill. An alpha value of 0% creates an invisible (or transparent)
fill; an alpha value of 100% creates an opaque fill.
Current Color Swatch Displays the currently selected color. If you select a gradient fill type (Linear or Radial) from the fill Type menu, the Current
Color Swatch displays the color transitions within the gradient you create.
System Color Picker Lets you select a color visually. Click System Color Picker and drag the cross-hair pointer until you find the color you
want.
Hexadecimal value Displays the current color’s hexadecimal value. To change the color using the hexadecimal value, type in a new value.
Hexadecimal color values (also called hex values) are 6-digit alphanumeric combinations that represent a color.
Flow Lets you control colors applied past the limits of a linear or radial gradient.
Extend Color (Default) Applies the colors you specify past the end of the gradient.
Reflect Color Causes the gradient colors to fill the shape using a reflective mirroring effect. The gradients you specify are repeated in a
pattern from the beginning of the gradient to the end, and then repeated in the opposite sequence from the end of the gradient to the
beginning, and then back to the beginning of the gradient to the end until the selected shape is filled.
Repeat Color Repeats the gradient from the beginning of the gradient to the end until the selected shape is filled.
Note: Overflow modes are supported only in Adobe Flash Player 8 and later.
Linear RGB Creates a SVG-compliant (Scalable Vector Graphics) linear or radial gradient.
Color palettes
Each Flash Professional file contains its own color palette, stored in the Flash Professional document. Flash Professional displays a file's palette
as swatches in the Fill Color and Stroke Color controls and in the Swatches panel. The default color palette is the web-safe palette of 216 colors.
To add colors to the current color palette, use the Color panel.You can import and export both solid and gradient color palettes between Flash
Professional files, as well as between Flash Professional and other applications.
The default palette and the web-safe palette
Save the current palette as the default palette, replace the current palette with the default palette defined for the file, or load the web-safe palette
to replace the current palette.
To load or save the default palette, in the Swatches panel, select one of the following commands from the menu in the upper-right corner:
Load Default Colors Replaces the current palette with the default palette..
Save As Default Saves the current color palette as the default palette. The new default palette is used when you create new files.
To load the web-safe 216-color palette, in the Swatches panel, select Web 216 from the menu in the upper-right corner.
Organizing and reusing colors
Swatches panel allows you to organize colors and color palettes in a hierarchical structure using Folders and Color Palettes.
Creating a folder
By default, all colors are arranged within the Default Swatches folder. You can arrange existing colors within folders using the Swatches panel. To
create a new folder, do the following:
1. In Flash Professional CC, select Window > Swatches
2. On the Swatches panel, click the button.
3. Provide a meaningful name for the swatches folder.
You can also create a folder by selecting a folder, color palette, or swatch and selecting the Duplicate as Folder option from the fly-out menu.
Creating a color palette (swatch group)
Color Palette is a group of swatches (colors) that signifies a color theme for your content. You can create color palettes within folders and add
swatches to them. To create a Color Palette, do the following:
1. In Flash Professional CC, select Window > Swatches.
2. On the Swatches panel, select any folder and click the button to create an empty palette.
3. You can drag an existing color or click the button to add swatches to the color palette.
You can also create a color palette by selecting a folder, color palette, or swatch and selecting the Duplicate as Palette option from the fly-out
menu.
Creating or adding colors to a color palette
You can create swatches or add existing ones to color palettes. To create a swatch, do the following:
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