Creating or editing custom color palettes
Custom color palettes can be created or edited from the Color Palette Manager.
Type the first few letters of a palette (or color, when the cursor is in the color list) to quickly select a color.
To create or edit a custom color palette:
Open the Color Palette Manager as described in Managing color palettes.
Click New to create a new palette, or Edit to make changes to the currently selected palette.
The New Palette or Edit Palette dialog box opens.
Click to show/hide the parameters.Click to show/hide the parameters.
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Parameter |
Description |
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Name |
Specifies a name for a new color palette, or edits the name of a custom color palette |
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Color List |
Lists the colors in the custom palette; click the header to sort by number in the list, color, or color name. To change the order of the colors, click on the # column and drag the selected color up or down in the list. (Select Manual from the color palette Utility menu to sort the colors in the main Color Palette set in this order; see Color palette Utility menu). |
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Color Grid |
Displays the colors in the custom palette as a grid |
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Opens the New Color dialog box, for adding a new color from the operating system’s color picker |
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Edit |
Opens the Edit Color dialog box, for editing the selected color using the operating system’s color picker |
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Delete |
Deletes the currently selected color from the custom color palette |
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Get |
Opens the Pick Color dialog box, for adding one or more colors selected from the available color palettes |
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Lighten |
Incrementally lightens the selected color |
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Darken |
Incrementally darkens the selected color |
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Blends two selected colors according to their Red, Green, Blue (RGB) values, to create the specified number of new colors (up to 1000) |
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Blends two selected colors according to their Hue, Saturation, and Lightness (HSV) values, to create the specified number of new colors (up to 1000) |
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Import |
Imports all the colors from the Colors in Active Document palette of another current version Vectorworks file |
The custom color palette is listed in the Color Palette Manager. By default, custom color palettes are saved in the user folder (see Vectorworks preferences: User Folders pane).
