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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca7a"><h3 class="topictitle3">Apply color</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca6a"><h3 class="topictitle3">Select a color with the Color Picker</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca5a"><h3 class="topictitle3">Apply the last used color</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca4a"><h3 class="topictitle3">Remove fill or stroke color</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca3a"><h3 class="topictitle3">Applying colors by dragging and dropping</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca2a"><h3 class="topictitle3">Apply a color or gradient swatch</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca1a"><h3 class="topictitle3">Apply color using the Color panel</h3>
</a></p><ul><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca0a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Edit the fill or stroke color</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c9fa"><h3 class="topictitle3">Create a swatch from a color in the Color panel</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c9ea"><h3 class="topictitle3">Cycle through color modes</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c9da"><h3 class="topictitle3">Apply colors using the Eyedropper tool</h3>
</a></p><ul><li><p><a href="#WSE8F76AB0-3929-43e0-9307-CA82345D3F3Ba"><h4 class="topictitle4">Apply colors using the Eyedropper tool</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c9ca"><h4 class="topictitle4">Pick up new attributes when the Eyedropper tool is loaded</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c9ba"><h4 class="topictitle4">Change Eyedropper tool settings</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><ul class="navlinklist"></ul>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca7a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca7a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Apply color</h2><div><div class="section"><p>Adobe InDesign provides
a number of tools for applying color, including the Toolbox, the
Swatches panel, the Color panel, and the Color Picker.</p>
<p>When
you apply a color, you can specify whether the color applies to
the stroke or fill of an object. The stroke is the border, or frame,
of an object, and the fill is the background of an object. When
you apply a color to a text frame, you can specify whether the color
change affects the text frame or the text inside the frame.</p>
</div>
<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Select the object you want to color by doing one
of the following:</span><ul><li><p>For a path or frame, use the Selection
tool&#160;<img src="images/P_Select_Lg_N.png" /> or
the Direct Selection tool&#160;<img src="images/P_AnchorSelect_Lg_N.png" />, as necessary.</p>
</li>
<li><p>For a grayscale or monochrome (1‑bit) image, use
the Direct Selection tool. You can only apply two colors to a grayscale
or monochrome image.</p>
</li>
<li><p>For text characters, use the Type tool&#160;<img src="images/P_TypeHoriz_Lg_N.png" /> to
change the text color of a single word or the entire text within
a frame. </p>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />To change the color of gaps in a
dashed, dotted, or striped stroke, use the Stroke panel.</div></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>In the Toolbox or in the Color or Swatches panel, select
the Formatting Affects Text or Formatting Affects Container to determine
whether color is applied to the text or the text frame.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>In the Toolbox or in the Color or Swatches panel, select
the Fill box or the Stroke box to specify the fill or stroke of
the object. (If you selected an image, the Stroke box has no effect.)</span> <div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="jk_01" src="images/jk_01.png" /><div class="figdesc">Specify how color is applied in the Toolbox </div><br /><dl><dt class="dlterm">A.</dt>
<dd>Fill box</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">B.</dt>
<dd>Formatting
Affects Container</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">C.</dt>
<dd>Stroke box</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">D.</dt>
<dd>Formatting
Affects Text</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</div></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>Select a color, tint, or gradient using
the Swatches or Gradient panel.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Double-click either the Fill or Stroke box in the
Toolbox or the Color panel to open the Color Picker. Select the
desired color, and click&#160;OK.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />You can apply color to any grayscale
image, provided it does not contain alpha or spot channels. If you
imported an image with a clipping path, select the clipping path
using the Direct Selection tool to apply color to the clipped area
only.</div></div>
</div></div>
<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca6a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca6a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Select a color with the Color Picker</h2><div><div class="section"><p>The
Color Picker lets you choose colors from a color field or specify
colors numerically. You can define colors using the RGB, Lab, or
CMYK color model.</p>
</div>
<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Double-click either the Fill or Stroke box in
the Toolbox or the Color panel to open the Color Picker.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>To change the color spectrum displayed in the Color Picker,
click a letter: R (Red), G (Green), or B (Blue); or L (luminance),
a (green-red axis), or b (blue-yellow axis).</span> <div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="jk_10" src="images/jk_10.png" /><div class="figdesc">Color Picker</div><br /><dl><dt class="dlterm">A.</dt>
<dd>Original color</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">B.</dt>
<dd>New color</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">C.</dt>
<dd>Color
field</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">D.</dt>
<dd>Color slider triangles</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">E.</dt>
<dd>Color
spectrum</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</div></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>To define a color, do any of the following:</span><ul><li><p>Click or drag inside the color field. Cross-hairs
indicate the color’s position in the color field.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Drag the color slider triangles along the color
spectrum or click inside the color spectrum.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Enter values in any of the text boxes.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>To save the color as a swatch, click Add CMYK Swatch,
Add RGB Swatch, or Add Lab Swatch. InDesign adds the color to the
Swatches panel, using the color values as its name.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click&#160;OK.</span></li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca5a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca5a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Apply the last used color</h2><div><div class="section"><p>The
Toolbox displays the last color or gradient you applied. You can
apply this color or gradient directly from the Toolbox.</p>
</div>
<ol><li><span>Select the object or text you want to color.</span></li>
<li><span>In the Toolbox, click the Fill button or Stroke button
depending on which portion of the text or object you want to color.</span></li>
<li><span>In the Toolbox, do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>Click the Color button&#160;<img src="images/color.png" /> to
apply the last selected solid color in the Swatches or Color panel.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Click the Gradient button&#160;<img src="images/P_ShowGradientSwatches_Wi_.png" /> to
apply the last selected gradient in the Swatches or Gradient panel.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Click the None button&#160;<img src="images/P_None176_Md_N.png" /> to
remove the object’s fill or stroke.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca4a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca4a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Remove fill or stroke color</h2><div><ol><li><span>Select
the text or object whose color you want to remove.</span></li>
<li><span>In the Toolbox, click the Fill button or Stroke button
depending on which portion of the text or object you want to change.</span></li>
<li><span>Click the None button&#160;<img src="images/P_None176_Md_N.png" /> to
remove the object’s fill or stroke.</span></li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca3a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca3a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Applying colors by dragging and dropping</h2><div><p>An
easy way to apply colors or gradients is to drag them from a color
source to an object or panel. Dragging and dropping lets you apply
colors or gradients to objects without first selecting the objects.
You can drag the following:</p>
<ul><li><p>The Fill or Stroke box in the Toolbox or a panel.</p>
</li>
<li><p>The Gradient box in the Gradient panel.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Swatches from the Swatches panel.</p>
</li>
<li><p>The last-used, in-gamut color swatch located next to the
out-of-gamut icon&#160;<img src="images/P_Warning_Sm_R.png" /> in
a panel.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="para">You can drop colors or gradients on the following objects and
panels:<ul><li><p>The fill or stroke of a path. To drop color on
a fill or stroke, position the center of the drag icon precisely
over the path’s fill or stroke while you drag a color, and then
release the mouse button.</p>
</li>
<li><p>The Swatches panel.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<p>If you drag one or more Swatches panel swatches, or the color
swatch next to an out‑of‑gamut icon, you can drop them into another
InDesign document window, which adds the swatches to that document’s
Swatches panel.</p>
</div></div>
<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca2a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca2a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Apply a color or gradient swatch</h2><div><ol><li><p>Using
the Selection tool&#160;<img src="images/P_Select_Lg_N.png" />, select
a text or object frame; or using the Text tool&#160;<img src="images/P_Text_Sm_N.png" />, select
a range of text.</p>
</li>
<li><p>If the Swatches panel is not open, choose Window&#160;&gt;
Swatches.</p>
</li>
<li><p>In the Swatches panel, select the Fill box or the Stroke
box.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Do one of the following:</p>
<ol type="a"><li><p>To apply color to
selected text, click the Text button&#160;<img src="images/P_Text_Sm_N.png" />.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To apply color to a selected object or text container (such
as a frame or a table), click the Object button&#160;<img src="images/P_Container_Sm_N.png" />.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li><p>Click a color or gradient swatch. The selected color or gradient
is applied to any selected text or object, and it appears in the
Color panel and in the Fill box or Stroke box in the Toolbox.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />You can set the default fill or stroke colors
the same way you set other InDesign defaults. Choose Edit&#160;&gt;
Deselect All to make sure that no objects are selected, and then
choose a color.</div></div></div>
<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca1a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca1a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Apply color using the Color panel</h2><div><div class="section"><p>Although
the Swatches panel is the recommended panel for working with colors, you
can also mix colors by using the Color panel; you may be familiar
with it if you use other Adobe products, such as Adobe Illustrator.</p>
<p>You can add the current Color panel
color to the Swatches panel at any time. The Color panel is most
useful for mixing unnamed colors.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>If you select an object
that currently uses a named swatch, editing its color using the
Color panel will change the color of that object only. If you want
to edit the color throughout the document, double-click its swatch
in the Swatches panel.</div>
</div>
</div><div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca0a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ca0a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Edit the fill or stroke color</h3><div><ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Select the object or text you want to
change.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>If the Color panel is not displayed, choose Window&#160;&gt;
Color.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select the Fill box or the Stroke box in the Color panel.</span> <div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="jk_22" src="images/jk_22.png" /><div class="figdesc">Color panel </div><br /><dl><dt class="dlterm">A.</dt>
<dd>Fill box</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">B.</dt>
<dd>Stroke
box</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">C.</dt>
<dd>Formatting Affects Container</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">D.</dt>
<dd>Formatting
Affects Text</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</div></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>If you selected a text frame, select the Container box&#160;<img src="images/P_Container_Sm_N.png" /> or
Text box&#160;<img src="images/P_Text_Sm_N.png" /> to change
the color of either the fill or text within the frame.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>Adjust the Tint slider, which appears by
default if the object uses a swatch from the Swatches panel.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Choose a Lab, CMYK, or RGB color model in the Color
panel menu, and use the sliders to change the color values. You
can also enter numeric values in the text boxes next to the color
sliders.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Position the pointer over the color bar, and click.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Double-click the Fill or Stroke box, and select
a color from the Color Picker. Then click&#160;OK.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>If an out-of-gamut alert icon&#160;<img src="images/P_Warning_Sm_R.png" /> appears,
and you want to use the CMYK color values closest to the color you
originally specified, click the small color box next to the alert
icon.</span></li>
</ol>
</div></div></div>
<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c9fa" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c9fa"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Create a swatch from a color in the Color panel</h2><div><ol><li><span>In the Color panel, make sure that the active
Fill or Stroke box displays the color you want to add.</span></li>
<li><span>Choose Add To Swatches in the panel menu.</span></li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c9ea" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c9ea"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Cycle through color modes</h2><div><div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>In the Color panel, Shift-click the color
bar at the bottom of the panel.</p>
</li>
<li><p>In the New Color Swatch or Swatch Options dialog
box, Shift-click the color box.</p>
</li>
<li><p>In the New Gradient or Gradient Options dialog box,
select a gradient stop, make sure that RGB, LAB, or CMYK is selected
in the Stop Color menu, and then Shift-click the color box.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div></div>
<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c9da" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c9da"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Apply colors using the Eyedropper tool</h2><div><p>Use the Eyedropper tool&#160;<img src="images/P_Sampler_Lg_N.png" /> to
copy fill and stroke attributes, such as color, from any object
in an InDesign file, including an imported graphic. By default,
the Eyedropper tool loads all available fill and stroke attributes
of an object and sets the default fill and stroke attributes of
any new objects you draw. You can use the Eyedropper Options dialog
box to change the attributes the Eyedropper tool copies. You can
also use the Eyedropper tool to copy type and transparency attributes. </p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>If an attribute is not listed in the Eyedropper Options dialog
box, it can’t be copied with the Eyedropper tool.</div>
</div><div id="WSE8F76AB0-3929-43e0-9307-CA82345D3F3Ba" class="nochunk"><a name="WSE8F76AB0-3929-43e0-9307-CA82345D3F3Ba"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Apply colors using the Eyedropper tool</h3><div><ol><li><p>Select
one or more objects that have the fill and stroke attributes you
want to change.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Select the Eyedropper tool&#160;<img src="images/P_Sampler_Lg_N.png" />.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Click any object that has the fill and stroke attributes
you want to sample. A loaded eyedropper appears&#160;<img src="images/idrpr3.png" />, and
the selected objects are automatically updated with the fill and
stroke attributes of the object you clicked.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To change other objects to the same attributes, click the
objects with the loaded eyedropper. If an object is stroked and
not filled, be sure to click the object’s outline.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div></div><div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c9ca" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c9ca"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Pick up new attributes when the Eyedropper tool is loaded</h3><div><ol><li><p>Press Alt (Windows)
or Option (Mac&#160;OS) while the Eyedropper
tool&#160;<img src="images/idrpr3.png" /> is loaded.
The Eyedropper tool reverses direction, and appears empty&#160;<img src="images/idropper.png" />, to indicate
that it’s ready to pick up new attributes.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Without releasing the Alt or Option key, click an object
containing the attributes that you want to copy, and then release
the Alt or Option key so that you can drop the new attributes on
another object.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div></div><div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c9ba" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c9ba"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Change Eyedropper tool settings</h3><div><ol><li><p>In
the Toolbox, double-click the Eyedropper tool&#160;<img src="images/P_Sampler_Lg_N.png" />.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Choose Fill And Stroke Settings from the menu at the top
of the Eyedropper Options dialog box.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Select the fill and stroke attributes you want to copy with
the Eyedropper tool, and then click&#160;OK.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />To pick up only the fill or stroke color of an
object and no other attributes, Shift-click the object with the
Eyedropper tool. When you apply the color to another object, only
the fill or stroke color is applied, depending on whether the stroke
or fill is on top in the toolbar.</div></div></div></div>

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