The color dialog is the same for most use cases in Stylo. The title allows you to determine details, such as whether it is the foreground or background color. In a single selection, the selected object is also displayed.

In the dialog, you will find four sections:

• Palette
• CMYK/RGB
• HTML notation
• Gradients

Which sections are visible in the dialog is determined by the Stylo partner (display or production system), by specifying the color in the document, or again by the partner. The sections can also be restricted by permission settings.

Palette

The palette displays the available colors. These colors can be

• specified by the production system,
• derived from the display system depending on the order, or
• derived from the display system depending on the customer

specified. If the colors are not specified by the leading system, standard colors from Stylo will be used, which have been stored in the program's configuration.

If you select a color from the list, the color values will be applied to the selected object or text. There is no reference to the name, which means that if the values for the palette entries change, it does not affect the objects to which a color value from the palette has been assigned. The palette is therefore not a color catalog.

A restriction to colors with specific names is possible using the filter.

The options for black, white, and transparent are always available.

CMYK/RGB

Depending on the color model selected in the display, users will see the sliders for color mixing. The values can also be entered directly in the input fields next to the sliders.

HTML notation

In this section of the color dialog, you can read the current color as an HTML color. The representation is provided in both RGB notation and CMYK.

Custom Colors

You can store colors that you use frequently in the "Custom Colors" section. The stored colors have no relation to the document you are working on – they are linked to the profile (browser, computer) you are currently using.

+: With the symbol, you can add the currently selected color to the list. If the list is already full, the last entry will be deleted.

Delete: Called via the context menu. The selected color will be deleted.

Change: Called via the context menu. The selected color will be overwritten with the current color entry.

Tone Value

You can set the tone value by entering a value between 0 and 100 for a background color, a border color, and a font color. When selecting a new color from a color palette or by specifying the color parameters, e.g., using the sliders, the tone value is preset to the default value of 100.

Transparency (Alpha Value)

This slider can influence the opacity of the object. The slider has no effect on the border of an object and is therefore disabled for these. When selecting objects that cannot have transparency assigned, the slider and the value field are grayed out.

Gradients

Color gradients can be applied to graphic objects (except for images). These can be created and modified in the Gradient Catalog.

No tone value changes or transparencies can be applied to gradients within the color dialog.