Using color

You can use color in two ways:

To add color to a selected object, select the object, right-click, select Color, and then select Foreground, Background, or Edge. Once you select a color, click OK, and then close the dialog. To add color to multiple objects, select the Color button on the Toolbox. The Color dialog stays on your screen as you select colors. For the procedures in this book, we will use the first method.

The Color Selection dialog contains two tabs you can use to choose a color from a palette or from a list of names. You choose a color by clicking it on the palette or by selecting it from the list.

Default colors appear in the Shape Preferences tab of the User Preferences dialog. To change the default colors, click Workspace → User Preferences → Shape Preferences, click the color box that you want to change (Foreground, Background, or Edge), and then select the new default color from the palette.

Note

Changes to the default colors do not change the colors of objects that are already in the picture.

Tip

To change the background color of the entire picture, click Edit → Picture, click the Background Color box, and select a background color from the palette that appears. Click OK to return to the picture and display the new background color.