Create and edit color palettes
Custom color palettes are collections of colors or color styles that you save. They can include colors or color styles from any color model, including spot colors, or any color palette found in the Palette libraries. You can create a custom palette to store all colors or color styles that you need in a current, or future, project.
It’s easy to share color palettes with others. The custom palettes are accessible from the My palettes folder in the Palettes docker.
You can create a custom color palette by choosing individual colors or color styles, or by using the colors in a selected object or an entire document. You can also edit, rename, and delete custom color palettes.
Custom color palettes are saved as XML files and are stored in your Documents\Corel\Corel Content\Palettes folder.
To create a custom color palette from scratch
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Click
Window
Dockers
Palettes.
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Click the + at the bottom of the docker, and choose
New empty color palette ![](../Shared_graphics/empty-color-palette.svg)
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Type a filename in the
File name box.
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In the
Palettes docker, choose the custom palette that you created under
My palettes.
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Click the
Options ![](../Shared_graphics/properties.svg)
button, and choose
Edit palette.
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In the
Palette editor dialog box, click
Add color.
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In the
Select color dialog box, choose a color, and click
OK.
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Treat the color as a spot color
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In the Selected color area of the Palette editor dialog box, choose Spot from the Treat as list.
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Treat the color as a process color
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In the Selected color area of the Palette editor dialog box, choose Process from the Treat as list.
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In the Palette editor dialog box, click a color in the color selection area, and type a name in the Name box.
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To add a color to a custom color palette
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Open a custom color palette.
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Perform a task from the following table.
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Add a color from another color palette
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Drag a color from an open color palette to the custom palette.
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Add a color from an image
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On the custom palette, click the Eyedropper button ![](../Shared_graphics/eyedropper.svg) , and click the color that you want to add.
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Add multiple colors from an image
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On the custom palette, click the Eyedropper button ![](../Shared_graphics/eyedropper.svg) , hold down Ctrl, and click the image until you add the colors that you want.
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Add multiple colors from an image or object
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Drag an image or object from the drawing window to the custom palette.
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Add a color from a color-related dialog box
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In the dialog box, click a color swatch, click the arrow next to Add to palette, choose the name of your custom palette from the list, and then click Add to palette.
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Add colors from a selection
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Select an object or multiple objects. On the custom palette, click the flyout button ![](../Shared_graphics/arrow-east.svg) , and click Add from selection.
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Drag a color swatch to a new position on the palette.
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When dragging most vector objects to the palette, you add all object colors to the palette. When dragging a bitmap, you can specify the number of colors that you want to be added to the palette. If an object includes a fountain fill, texture fill, or pattern fill, only colors that are defined during the fill creation are supported. Colors from PostScript fills are not supported.
To create a color palette from an object
2
Click
Window
Color Palettes
Create Palette from Selection.
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Type a filename in the
File name box.
To create a color palette from a document
1
Click
Window
Color Palettes
Create Palette from Document.
2
Type a filename in the
File name box.
To edit a custom color palette
1
Click
Window
Color palettes
Palette Editor.
2
Choose a
palette from the list box.
3
Perform a task from the following table.
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Click Add color. In the Select color dialog box, click the Models tab, click a color in the color selection area, and click Add to palette.
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Treat a color as a spot color
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In the Selected color area of the Palette editor dialog box, choose Spot from the Treat as list.
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Treat a color as a process color
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In the Selected color area of the Palette editor dialog box, choose Process from the Treat as list.
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In the color selection area, click a color, and click Edit color. In the Select color dialog box, click a new color in the color selection area.
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In the color selection area, click a color, and click Delete color.
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Click Sort colors, and choose a color sorting method.
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Drag a color swatch to a new position.
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Click a color in the color selection area, and type a name in the Name box.
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You can delete multiple colors by holding down Shift or Ctrl, clicking the colors that you want to delete, and clicking Delete color.
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If you add a process color to the palette, but treat it as a spot color, the color is changed to spot and the color name is preserved. However, if you choose a spot color with a trademarked name, for example a PANTONE color, and convert it to a process color, the trademarked name is substituted with the color components for that color.
To rename a custom color palette
1
Click
Window
Dockers
Palettes.
3
Type a new name, and press
Enter.
To delete a custom color palette
1
Click
Window
Dockers
Palettes.
2
From the
My Palettes folder, right-click a custom
palette, and click
Delete.