Graphics Programs Reference
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While you're picking colors, notice the small color swatch at the top right
of the color picker; see Figure 4-82. It constantly updates to show you the
currently selected color. Next to it is the previous color; you can click it to
reset the color picker to the previous color.
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Figure 4-82
To the let of the current and previous color swatches are i ve additional
swatches where you can store colors for later use. h es e i ve swatches are
shared between all the modules. Click on a swatch to load it as the current
color.
First, set the color that you want to save as a swatch. h en simply click and
hold on a swatch to set it to the current color.
Setting swatches cannot be undone, so be careful about overwriting swatches
you've previously saved, especially if you set those swatches using another
module.
Also, note that it is possible to switch between modules and panels, using
keyboard shortcuts, while leaving the color picker open.
Along the bottom of the color picker are readouts of numeric values for the
current color. h e default readout is hsl (H ue, Saturation and Lightness)
and r gb (Red, Green and Blue). If you have the numeric values for a color
you're trying to precisely match, you can double click to manually enter the
numbers, or drag the scrubby sliders right and let to change the values.
In the output module pickers, you can also view and select colors using
Hexadecimal (“Hex”) color values. Hex colors are commonly used for Web
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