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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>9. Colors dialog</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="gimp-help-plain.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="gimp-help-screen.css" type="text/css" /> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.66.1" /> <link rel="start" href="index.html" title="GIMP User Manual" /> <link rel="up" href="ch04.html" title="Chapter 4. Dialogs" /> <link rel="prev" href="ch04s08.html" title="8. Undo History dialog" /> <link rel="next" href="ch04s10.html" title="10. Brushes dialog" /> </head> <body> <div xmlns="" class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center" id="chaptername">Chapter 4. Dialogs</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch04s08.html">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center" id="sectionname">9. Colors dialog</th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch04s10.html">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="gimp-color-dialog"></a>9. Colors dialog</h2> </div> </div> </div> <a id="id3452790" class="indexterm"></a> <div class="mediaobject"> <img src="../images/dialogs/color-dialog.png" /> </div> <a id="id3452811" class="indexterm"></a> <p> The Channel dialog lets you manage and pick up new colors. It is divided into five seperate parts: GIMP, CMYK, Triangle, Watercolor and Scales. You can use the eyedropper, which is the last button of the dialog, to pick up a color anywhere on you screen. </p> <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 class="title"><a id="id3452832"></a>Overview</h3> </div> </div> </div> <p> Introduction </p> </div> <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 class="title"><a id="id3452846"></a>Activate Dialog</h3> </div> </div> </div> <p> The dialog can be called in the following ways : </p> <div class="itemizedlist"> <ul type="disc"> <li> <p> from the toolbox-menu: <span class="guimenu">File</span>-><span class="guisubmenu">Dialogs</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Colors</span> </p> </li> <li> <p> from the toolbox: click on the current Foreground or Background color. </p> </li> <li> <p> from the image-menu: <span class="guimenu">Dialogs</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Colors</span> </p> </li> <li> <p> from an other dialog-menu: <span class="guimenu">Add Tab</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Colors</span> </p> </li> </ul> </div> <p> </p> </div> <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 class="title"><a id="id3452935"></a>The GIMP Selector</h3> </div> </div> </div> <p> With the <span class="acronym">GIMP</span> Color Selector, you select a color by clicking on a one-dimensional strip located at the right edge, and then in a two-dimensional area located on the left. The one-dimensional strip can encode any of the color parameters H, S, V, R, G, or B, as determined by which of the adjoining buttons is pressed. The two-dimensional area then encodes the two complementary color parameters. </p> </div> <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 class="title"><a id="id3452958"></a>CMYK</h3> </div> </div> </div> <p> The CMYK view gives you the possibility to manage colors from the <a href="go01.html#glossary-colormodel">CMYK</a> color model. </p> </div> <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 class="title"><a id="id3452978"></a>Triangle</h3> </div> </div> </div> <p> The Triangle selector is made up of a <span class="emphasis"><em>chromatic circle</em></span> that allows to select Hue by click-and-drag a small circle and of a <span class="emphasis"><em>triangle</em></span> that has also a small circle to vary intuitively Saturation and Value. </p> </div> <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 class="title"><a id="id3453001"></a>Watercolor</h3> </div> </div> </div> <p> FIXME </p> </div> <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 class="title"><a id="id3453013"></a>Scales</h3> </div> </div> </div> <p> FIXME </p> </div> <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 class="title"><a id="id3453025"></a>Color picker</h3> </div> </div> </div> <p> The color picker has a completly different behaviour, than the <a href="ch03s06s04.html" title="6.4. Color Picker Tool">color picker tool</a>. 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