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Pick a Color Dialog Box

You can use the Pick a Color dialog box to specify a color for an object. This topic describes the options in the dialog box.

Designer displays different options in the dialog box according to the different sources where you open it.

If you open the Pick a Color dialog box by selecting More Colors from the color palette, you see the following options in the dialog box:

Color matrix

Select a color you want in the color matrix. The hue of the matrix is based on the color you define on the color bar.

Color bar

Specify a color on the bar which is the hue of the color matrix.

Pre-select Color

This option displays the color that you select in the color matrix. The color result changes when you hover over in the color matrix. When the color that you hover on in the color matrix meets your requirement, select it in the color matrix, Designer then displays the color as the Select Color.

Select Color

This option displays the color that you select in the color matrix.

Default Color

This option displays the default color of the object.

Hue

Specify the chroma of the color, which is from 0 to 359.

Saturation

Specify the saturation of the color, which is from 0 to 100.

Brightness

Specify the brightness of the color, which is from 0 to 100.

Red

Specify the red value of the color, which is from 0 to 255.

Green

Specify the green value of the color, which is from 0 to 255.

Blue

Specify the blue value of the color, which is from 0 to 255.

#

This option displays the hexadecimal value of the selected color. You can also specify a color by typing your desired hexadecimal value manually in the text box.

Pick

Select to apply the specified color and close the dialog box.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

If you open the Pick a Color dialog box by selecting Custom from the color drop-down list, you see the following tabs in the dialog box (the tabs may vary depending on your JDK version):

• Swatches Tab
• HSV Tab
• HSL Tab
• RGB Tab
• CMYK Tab

You see these buttons in the tabs:

Preview

This box displays a preview of your settings.

OK

Select to apply your settings and close the dialog box.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

Reset

Select to cancel all changes and reset the values of the color.

Swatches Tab

Use this tab to select a color from the color swatches.

Swatches

Select a color from the color swatches to use.

Recent

This box displays the colors that you have chosen recently.

HSV Tab

Use this tab to specify the HSV attributes of the color.

Hue

Select to specify the chroma of the color, which can be from 0 to 360.

Saturation

Select to specify the saturation of the color, which can be from 0 to 100.

Value

Select to specify the value of the color, which can be from 0 to 100.

Transparency

Specify the transparency of the color, which can be from 0 to 100.

HSL Tab

Use this tab to specify the HSL attributes of the color.

Hue

Select to specify the chroma of the color, which can be from 0 to 360.

Saturation

Select to specify the saturation of the color, which can be from 0 to 100.

Lightness

Select to specify the lightness of the color, which can be from 0 to 100.

Transparency

Specify the transparency of the color, which can be from 0 to 100.

RGB Tab

Use this tab to specify the RGB attributes of the color.

Red

Select to specify the red value of the color, which can be from 0 to 255.

Green

Select to specify the green value of the color, which can be from 0 to 255.

Blue

Select to specify the blue value of the color, which can be from 0 to 255.

Alpha

Specify the alpha value of the color, which can be from 0 to 255.

CMYK Tab

Use this tab to specify the CMYK attributes of the color.

Cyan

Select to specify the cyan value of the color, which can be from 0 to 255.

Magenta

Select to specify the magenta value of the color, which can be from 0 to 255.

Yellow

Select to specify the yellow value of the color, which can be from 0 to 255.

Black

Specify the black value, which can be from 0 to 255.

Alpha

Specify the alpha value of the color, which can be from 0 to 255.

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