Color Well
A color well is the small color box you click to open the Mac OS X Colors window to choose
a new color for the selected object. The color well has two parts: a color swatch that
displays the currently applied color and a downward arrow.
To change the color of an object using a color well
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Click the swatch, then pick a color from the Mac OS X Colors window. For more information,
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The Colors Window
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Click the color well’s downward arrow or control-click the color well, then pick a color
from the Motion pop-up color palette.
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Click the eyedropper, then click an object of the desired color in the Canvas.
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Click the disclosure triangle on the left side of the color controls to expose individual Red,
Green, Blue, and, when applicable, Opacity sliders.