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1. Palette Tab in the CimEdit Color Palette
About this task
The Palette tab enables you to select and create colors that are based on RGB values.
Each RGB color is made up of a balance of red, green, and blue luminosity values ranging from 0 to 255.
Example
Red
Green
0
0
128
0
255
255
The Palette tab provides the following options for this selection.
The Color picker can be moved around to quickly change the color.
CimEdit automatically changes the hue, saturation, red, green and blue values as the picker is moved.
B
Luminosity picker
The luminosity picker can slide up and down to change the amount of light (absence of black) in the color.
CimEdit automatically changes the luminosity, red, green and blue values as the slider is moved.
C
Hue/Sat/Lum
The hue, saturation and luminosity can be manually adjusted.
CimEdit automatically changes relevant color values.
Field
Description
Hue
Balance of red, green, and blue that you want in the Hue field. This balance is calculated against the values that are already in the Color fields.
The color and color picker position change as the Hue value changes.
Sat
Vividness (amount of gray) the color specified by the balance of the three basic colors.
0
240
The color and color picker position change as the Hue value changes.
Lum
Exact value that specifies the amount of light in the color in the Lum field.
0
240
The color and luminosity picker position change as the Hue value changes.
D
Red/Green/Blue
Color fields hold the color's RGB index value. Changing the value changes the selected color's proportion in the mix.
The color, color picker position and luminosity picker position change to reflect any changed value.
Overview
Description
Zero for all colors
Black
Zero for one color
Black instead of the selected color is included in the mix
255 for all colors
White
255 for one color; zero for two colors
Pure red, green or blue for the color with the 255 value.
E
Color|Solid
If your monitor does not support a selected color CimEdit displays the exact color and the solid color that is closest to it in the Color|Solid box.
Selection possibilities are:
The exact color is the same as the solid color. The box will be entirely solid.
The exact color is dithered and is different from the solid color. The dithered color appears on the left.
The solid color that is closest to the exact color appears on the right.
Double-click the Solid side of the Color|Solid box to select the solid color. The box changes to the solid color.
Do one of the following.
Click Close.
Results
The Color dialog box closes, re-displaying the palette. No color is selected.
Click Add Color to select a color.
If the exact and solid colors are different in the Color|Solid box and both display, the exact color will be selected. If only the solid color displays. The solid color will be selected. The selected color is added to the user defined colors in the Palette.
Color Transparency
When an object is in front of another, it might be important to make it transparent so the object in the back will also be seen.
You can make any selected color transparent.
1
Click any color on the Palette tab in the CimEdit Palette.
The color can be:
Basic
Custom
2
Do one of the following.
Slide the Alpha slide on the right of the palette up/down to select the percent transparency.
Enter a value that represents the percent transparency in the Alpha field.
Note: The lower the number, the more transparent the color will be.
The color transparency displays as follows.
A custom color was clicked.
The following displays.
1
The custom color displays the selected transparency.
2
Custom colors that were not selected display the transparency that they were set to.
3
.All of the basic colors are opaque.
4
The Alpha field displays the selected color's transparency level.
A Basic color was clicked.
The following displays.
1
All of the basic colors display the selected transparency.
2
Custom colors display the transparency that they were set to.
3
The Alpha field displays the selected color's transparency level.