Creating or editing custom color palettes

Custom palettes can be created or edited from the Color Palette Manager.

To create or edit a custom 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.

Parameter	Description
Name	Specifies a name for a new palette, or edits the name of a custom palette
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.
Color Grid	Displays the colors in the custom palette as a grid
New	Opens the New Color dialog box, for adding a new color
Edit	Opens the Edit Color dialog box, for editing the selected color
Delete	Deletes the currently selected color from the custom palette
Get	Opens the Pick Color dialog box, for adding one or more colors selected from the available palettes
Lighten	Incrementally lightens the selected color
Darken	Incrementally darkens the selected color
RGB Blend	Blends two selected colors according to their Red, Green, Blue (RGB) values, to create the specified number of new colors (up to 1000)
HSV Blend	Blends two selected colors according to their Hue, Saturation, and Lightness (HSV) values, to create the specified number of new colors (up to 1000)
Import	Imports all the colors from the Active Document palette of another current version Vectorworks file

The custom palette is listed in the Color Palette Manager. By default, custom palettes are saved in the user folder (see Vectorworks preferences: User Folders pane).