Picker Color Model The Picker is the default color model for the color mixer. It contains the following components: * Spectrum option menu * Color spectrum and its title * Color interpolator and its title * Smear button * Undo button * Two paint bucket buttons * Arrow buttons The color spectrum is a static collection of colors. The spectrum pulldown menu lets you set the spectrum to one of the following common color palettes: * ``Rainbow'' spectrum (white, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue-violet, violet, brown, and black) * Pastels * Vivids * Earthtones The four color palettes provide a wide variety of colors for you to choose from. The spectrum option menu also includes any palettes specific to an application. When you click and release MB1 on a spectrum tile or interpolator tile, that color becomes the new color. The tile you click on also becomes highlighted, identifying it as the currently selected color. You can use the selected color without modification, or you can do one or more of the following tasks: * Use the interpolator to blend the selected color into various shades. * Use the arrow buttons to make the color lighter or darker, warmer or cooler. * Switch to another color model and use the features of that model to modify the current selection. Use the two paint buckets to load the interpolator with the color or colors to blend: 1. Click and release MB1 on a spectrum tile or interpolator tile. The color display box displays the color of that tile. 2. Click on a paint bucket, which fills the interpolator end tile below it with the selected color. 3. Fill both interpolator end tiles or one, in which case the color of the empty interpolator end tile defaults to white. As an alternative to the paint buckets, you can use the eyedropper to load the interpolator. Clicking and holding MB1 on a spectrum or interpolator tile, the original color tile, or the new color tile causes the pointer to become an eyedropper filled with the color of that tile. You can move this eyedropper to the interpolator and use it to fill one of the two end tiles by clicking on MB1. If you do not position the eyedropper directly on one of the two end tiles, the tile closest to the end is filled with the eyedropper color. Note that the cursor must be inside the interpolator. Use the undo button to reverse the last interpolator action, which can be a smear, the filling of an end tile, or the activation of one of the warmth or lightness adjustment buttons. Additional topics: * Color Models