Color Chooser dialog

Use this dialog to create a custom color to use in the worksheet that you are editing. For example, you might want to use a color that is not part of the default set of colors available in Discoverer.

Custom colors that you create are available to all worksheets in the current workbook, and are displayed on the Custom Colors pane on the "Color Palette Editor dialog".

You create a custom color in the following ways:

• By using the Color Selector pane to select a color from the color spectrum.

• By using the HTML Hex field to enter the hexadecimal number of the color you want to create.

• By using the R, G, B fields to enter the red, blue, and green (RGB) number of the color you want to create, and the and Hue, Sat, and Bri fields to specify hue, saturation, and brilliance settings.

For more information, see:

"Color Palette Editor dialog"

Color Selector

Use this pane to select a color by to placing the X marker in an area of the color spectrum. You can also change the brilliance and hue of a color by dragging the arrow up and down the color bar to the right of the Color Selector pane.

Original Color

This pane displays the original color of the selected color button. Click this pane to revert to the original color.

Selected Color

This pane displays the selected color, as specified in the Color Selector pane, HTML Hex field, or RGB settings.

HTML Hex

Use this field to view or enter the hexadecimal value of a color. For example, #C0C0C0 is the hexadecimal value for the color Silver.

Note: Silver is one of the 16 colors in the basic Windows VGA color palette.

Hint: Hexademimal color numbers must be prefixed with the hash symbol (#).

For more information about hexadecimal color values, see any HTML reference manual.

R,G,B

Use these fields to view or enter the red (R), green (G), and blue (B) values of a color. For example, 255, 255, 255 is the RGB value for the color white.

For more information about RGB color values, see any HTML reference manual.

Hue

Use this field to specify a color hue (or shade) value. For example, you might want to make a dark blue color warmer (for example, to a purple shade) or cooler (for example, to a light blue shade). You can also change the brilliance and hue of a color by dragging the arrow up and down the color bar to the right of the Color Selector pane.

Sat

Use this field to specify a color saturation (or intensity) percentage value.

Bri

Use this field to specify a color brilliance (or brightness) percentage value. You can also change the brilliance and hue of a color by dragging the arrow up and down the color bar to the right of the Color Selector pane.