Corel Painter Help | Choosing colors from the Color panel

Quick links to procedures on this page:

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To display the Color panel

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To choose a hue and color from the Color panel

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To choose the Main Color

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To choose the Additional Color

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To swap the Main and Additional Colors

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To switch between RGB or HSV values

Choosing colors from the Color panel

You can use the Color panel to select a color and view information about the selected color.

Color panel

In the Color panel, you can choose a color from the Hue Ring and adjust the color from the Saturation/Value Triangle. The following information can help you adjust colors by using the Saturation/Value Triangle.

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Color values span the Saturation/Value Triangle from top to bottom. The top of the triangle represents the highest value (white), and the bottom of the triangle represents the lowest value (black).

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Saturation levels increase from left to right. Dragging to the right, or clicking on the right, produces purer colors within the predominant hue. Dragging to the left, or clicking on the left, reduces the color saturation and produces "muddier" or grayer colors.

You can also set the Hue, Saturation, Value (HSV) and standard Red, Green, Blue (RGB) values for the selected color.

You can also enable the Clone Color option from the Color panel. For more information, see Cloning color.

The Main and Additional Color swatches display in the Color panel, temporal color panel, and the toolbox. They include two overlapping swatches: the front swatch displays the selected Main Color and the back swatch displays the selected Additional Color.

The Additional Color is used when applying more than one color, as in two-color brushstrokes, two-point gradients, and Image Hose effects. It is not what other graphics applications refer to as the "background color." In Corel Painter, the background color is the paper color.