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Color Box
The Color box allows to select all necessary colors used by the drawing tools.
The Color box includes several parts. The first image below indicates all parts of the Color box and their names:
Note. The appearance of the Color box is based on the type of the currently edited image. You can observe the slight differences in the above images.
The Palette box displays:
- Color swatches for the current image.
- Note. For 1, 4, and 8-bit images the color swatches displayed in the Palette box represent the current image's palette.
- You can use the following functions that operate with the palette and color swatches:
- Load a palette from file;
- Save the current palette;
- Restore the default palette;
- Add a new swatch;
- Delete a swatch;
- Modify a color.
The Screen and Inverse Colors box displays:
- The current screen and inverse colors. See the "Screen and Inverse colors" page for details.
- Notes.
- For icons and cursors this box is displayed always;
- For 32-bit bitmaps this box is displayed only with screen color;
- For 1, 4, 8 and 24-bit bitmaps this box is hidden.
The Active Colors box displays:
- The current foreground and background colors. See the "Foreground and Background colors" page for details.
- Note. For 32-bit images the foreground and background colors reflect their opacity.
- The current active color (same as in Color Modifier box). The active color is outlined.
- You can set a color as active in one of the following ways:
- In the Palette box, click (left/right) on the color swatch you want to make active;
- In the Screen and Inverse Colors box, click (left/right) the screen or inverse color.
- In the Active Colors box, left-click the foreground or background color.
- Note. The active color can be modified. See the "Modify a color" page for details.
The Color Modifier box displays:
- The current active color (same as in Active Colors box).
- Note. The active color can be modified directly from the Color Modifier box. See the "Modify a color" page for details.
- The Color Modifier box includes the following components:
- The color model combo box. From this combo box you can choose the necessary color model: RGB (red, green, blue) or HSB (hue, saturation, brightness).
- The Hex check box. It is displayed only for the RGB color model. Check this box if you want to operate with hexadecimal values in edit boxes.
- The color's red, green and blue channel sliders and edit boxes. They are displayed only for the RGB color model. To change the color's red, green and blue channel value, drag the corresponding slider or type the value directly in the corresponding edit box.
- The color's hue, saturation and brightness sliders and edit boxes. They are displayed only for the HSB color model. To change the color's hue, saturation and brightness values, drag the corresponding slider or type the value directly in the corresponding edit box.
- The color's alpha channel (opacity) slider and edit box. They are displayed only when editing 32-bit images. To change the color's opacity, drag the slider or type the value directly in the edit box. The active color in the Active Colors box reflects the current opacity.
- Notes.
- Opacity values can range from 255 to 0. If the opacity is 255, the color is opaque. If the opacity is 0, the color is transparent. If the opacity is greater then 0 and less then 255, the color is partially transparent.
- When drawing with a partially transparent color (opacity is greater then 0 and less then 255), the drawing color is blended with the color of the underlying image.
- When drawing with a transparent color (opacity is 0), the image does not change.
- You cannot change the opacity for screen or inverse color.
- The HTML edit box. The color in this box is displayed in HTML format. You can change the color directly in this box.
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