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Mixing Colors

You can create new colors for your documents by using the Mixer pad, Mixer swatches, and Apply Color, and Sample Color tools.

When you have finished mixing and sampling colors, you can clear the mixer pad.

To mix colors Back to Top
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Choose Window Color Panels Mixer.
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Click the Apply Color tool in the Mixer panel.
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Choose a color from the Mixer swatch, and paint on the Mixer pad.
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Choose a second color from the Mixer swatch, and paint on the Mixer pad.
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Do one of the following:
Use the Apply Color tool to add to and blend the colors.
Use the Mix Color tool to blend the colors.
To sample a color from the Mixer pad Back to Top
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Choose Window Color Panels Mixer to display the Mixer panel.
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Click the Sample Color tool .
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On the Mixer pad, click the color you want to sample.
The sampled color becomes the main color in the image.
You can also paint on the canvas with an Artists’ Oils palette knife variant. Unlike palette knives in other brush categories, Artists’ Oils palette knives do not apply color.
To clear the Mixer pad Back to Top
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Choose Window Color Panels Mixer.
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Do one of the following:
Click the Mixer Options button , and choose Clear Mixer Pad.
In the Mixer panel, click the Clear and Reset Canvas button .

  Some features described in the Help are available only in Corel Painter 12, and are not included in Painter Lite. Visit www.corel.com/painter for more information about Corel Painter 12.

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