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3. Basics of PhotoLine

## 3.4 The Color Editor

### 3.4.1 Overview

By double clicking a color field the color can be edited with the color editor.

The color editor offers several ways of editing. Which way to use is chosen by the combo box in the top left corner. It offers the color spaces RGB, CMYK, Gray and HSV. Furthermore there is a list of predefined colors, a list of patterns and a way to create gradient colors.

In the middle of the top row the HTML code of the chosen color is shown. The text field in the top right corner offers the chance to assign a name to the color. This name is shown if the mouse cursor is resting a while above an entry in the color list (see chapter 4.13).

The sliders can be used to define the color. The result is shown in the color field to the right. You can select the color by clicking and dragging in the large selection field, too

Opacity defines the transparency of the color. This slider is only visible, if opacity is used for the current setting.

With RGB and Gray, there is the button "Extended Range". If it is activated, you can enter color values less than 0 and greater than 1. This is mainly useful for images with 32 bits per color channel.

If the current color is a spot color, there is the switch "Spot Color" at the bottom. This switch is only editable, if the Color Editor was called using the document color list (see chapter 4.15).

You can read a color from any place on the screen by clicking and dragging the pipette symbol.