Applying And Removing Color - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 - APPLICATION GUIDE 17-03-2009 Application Manual

20.5.3 Applying and Removing Color

Most image editing involves applying or removing color. By selecting a part of the
image, limit where color can be applied or removed. When you select a tool and move
the cursor onto an image, the cursor's appearance changes to reflect the chosen tool.
With many tools, an icon of the current tool is shown along with the arrow. For paint
tools, an outline of the current brush is shown, allowing you to see exactly where you
will be painting in the image and how large an area will be painted.
Selecting Colors
Paint tools use the foreground color. To select the color, first click the display box of
the foreground color in the Toolbox. A dialog with five tabs opens. These tabs provide
different color selection methods. Only the first tab, shown in Figure 20.2, "The Basic
(page 215), is described here. The new color is shown in Current.
Color Selector Dialog"
The previous color is shown in Old.
Figure 20.2 The Basic Color Selector Dialog
The easiest way to select a color is using the colored areas in the boxes to the left. In
the narrow vertical bar, click a color similar to the desired color. The larger box to the
left then shows available nuances. Click the desired color. It is then shown in Current.
If that color is not what you want, try again.
The arrow button to the right of Current enables saving a number of possible colors.
Click the arrow to copy the current color to the history. A color can then be selected
by clicking it in the history. A color can also be selected by directly entering its hex-
adecimal color code in HTML Notation.
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