Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
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Creating custom swatches. After Putnam roughed out the basic color schemes for his
illustration, he then began to customize a more natural set of colors. First, he made
sure the Color panel was set to the same color mode as his Document Color Mode.
Since Putnam is creating his icon for a website and his Document Color Mode is
RGB, from the Color panel pop-up menu he chose RGB. Putnam then selected an
ob-ject and mixed the desired color with the sliders in the Color panel. Next, he
opened the Swatches panel and clicked the New Swatch icon in the bottom of the
panel. In the Swatch Options dialog he then named the swatch and clicked OK.
Alternatively, you can choose Create New Swatch from the Color panel popup menu.
Yet another option is to drag the mixed color directly to the Swatches panel, though
by doing so, you won't get Swatch Options and the opportunity to name the swatch.
Putnam then repeated these steps for every custom color he wanted to create.
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Selecting the correct color mode from the Color panel's pop-up
menu
3 Creating a new color group.
After creating his custom swatches, Putnam wanted to
organize his custom swatches so he could easily apply them to other related illustra-
tions and icons. To do this, he created a custom color group. He selected the desired
swatches in the Swatches panel by Shift-clicking to select contiguous swatches, or by
holding /Ctrl and clicking for non-contiguous selections. Then he clicked the New
Color Group icon, where he was given the option to name his color group. The new
color group was then saved for Putnam and ready for use.
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Saving custom swatches as a new color group in the Swatches panel
