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