After you create a color style, you can apply it to objects in the document. CorelDRAW lets you access available color styles through various controls: the Color Styles docker, the Object Styles docker, the Properties docker, the Color styles palette, and the Document palette. (A color style is automatically added to the Document palette when you apply it to an object.)
CorelDRAW allows you to create a special type of color harmony called a gradient. A gradient consists of a master color style and a number of shades of that color style. For most of the available color models and palettes, the derivative color styles share the same hue as the master color style but have different saturation and brightness levels. With the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM and Custom spot color palettes, the master color style and the derivative color styles are linked to one another but have different tint levels.
CorelDRAW also lets you select all color styles that are not used in the document or merge unwanted color styles into others. It also lets you convert color styles to different color modes or to spot colors to prepare your document for production printing.
Drag the selected object to the top part of the gray area in the Color Styles docker to create independent color styles, or drag the selected object to the bottom part of the gray area to create color styles grouped into harmonies. Then, specify the settings you want in the Create color styles dialog box.
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Right-click the object in the document window, and choose Color stylesNew from Selected. Then, specify the settings you want in the Create color styles dialog box.
You can also create a color style by clicking the New color style button , choosing New color style, and choosing a color in the Color editor. The Color editor provides a variety of options to choose the right color: Eyedropper tool, color viewers, sliders, and palettes. For more information about choosing colors, see Color.
You can resize the Color harmonies area so that you can view available color harmonies without scrolling by pointing to the grab area, and when the cursor changes to a two-directional arrow, dragging the edge of the pane.
Select two color styles in the Color Styles docker, and click the Swap color styles button . The fill color style becomes the object outline, and the outline color style becomes the object fill.
On the Color styles palette or the Document palette, click a color style to apply a fill or right-click a color style to apply an outline. To open the Color styles palette, click Window Color palettes Color styles palette.
In the Outline or Fill section of the Properties docker, click the source indicator next to the color picker, and choose from the list of previously created color styles.
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You can also use the ObjectStyles docker to apply a color style, if the object style that is assigned to an object contains a color attribute, such as a fill or outline. In the style properties area of the Object Styles docker, click the source indicator next to a color picker, and choose from the list of previously saved color styles.
The features documented in the Help are available in the full version of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2020. Some features may not be available in this version of the product.