Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Manual (Page 136)

129 USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Color fundamentals
Last updated 1/10/2010
Create panel tools
The Create panel provides a variety of tools to create or edit themes.
• Select a harmony rule from the Select Rule pop-up menu. The harmony rule uses the base color as the basis for
generating the colors in the color group. For example, if you choose a blue base color and the Complementary
harmony rule, a color group is created using the base color, blue, and its complement, red.
• Select the Custom rule to create a theme using free-form adjustments.
• Manipulate the colors in the color wheel. As you make your adjustments, the selected harmony rule continues to
govern the colors generated for the color group.
• Move the Brightness slider beside the wheel to adjust the color brightness.
• Set the base color by dragging the Base color marker (the largest, double-ringed color marker) around the wheel.
You can also set the base color by adjusting the color sliders at the bottom of the dialog box.
• Set one of the four other colors in the color group as the base color. Select the color’s swatch and click the bull’s-eye
button below the color group.
• Set the host application’s foreground/background color or stroke/fill color as the base color. Click one of the first
two buttons below the color group.
• Remove a color from the color group by selecting the color’s swatch and clicking the Remove Color button below
the color group. Add a new color by selecting an empty color swatch and clicking the Add Color button.
• Try different color effects by selecting a new harmony rule and by moving the markers in the color wheel.
• Double-click any of the swatches in the color group to set the active color (foreground/background or stroke/fill)
in your application. If the application doesn't have an active or selected color feature, the Kuler panel sets the
foreground color or the fill color as appropriate.