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Note: If you want to change the Change Layout command to point to a different layout, click the
your selection.

3.6 Colors

Use the Media > Colors page to set the colors the iCC applies to fonts, backgrounds, and other items.
When you create a new layout or a new table, the iCC automatically creates new color items:
For layouts, the color items are for the text foreground, the text background, and the letterbox background.
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For tables, the color items are for the text foreground and text background.
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The iCC names color items in the format Layout name: Color item. For example, if you create a new layout named 'Holidays',
the iCC creates the following color items for it:
Text foreground – Holidays: Text
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Text background – Holidays: Background
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Letterbox – Holidays: Letterbox
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You can modify the properties for these color items as needed.
You define a Color Item by a unique name, a color value, and an opacity setting. If you change the color value or opacity
setting, the iCC updates all the items that use the color. Click the button to apply your changes. You can define more than one
color item with the same color values.
Click the tab for the option you require:
Colors – Listing the color items and their characteristics. Click the
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in use). Click the
Modify a color – The settings are as described for the Add Color tab. Click the
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modifications.
Access the Used By tab – Lists which layouts are using the color.
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Add Color – Adding a new color manually.
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To add a new color, complete the following information and click the
Name Enter a unique and meaningful name for the color. This does not have to be in Layout name: Color item format
followed by the iCC.
Color Value Specify the color using either separate RGB values or a single hexadecimal value. On a Windows PC, you can
find the RGB values for a color you want to use by following these steps:
1. Click Start and select All Programs > Accessories > Paint.
2. Open a file containing an image that uses the target color.
3. Use the Color Picker tool
4. Click the Edit Colors tool
5. Read off the RGB values at the bottom right of the Edit Colors display.
button to:
to select a pixel of the target color.
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button to delete a color (you cannot delete it if it is
button:
button and alter
button to enable your
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