The Colors Window
You can also use the Mac OS X Colors window in Motion, giving you access to the familiar
color pickers such as the Web Safe Colors palette or the Crayons palette.
Current color
Saved color swatches
Picker interfaces
Current color picker
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Chapter 3
User Interface Controls
The Colors window has four sections: the icons at the top select picker interfaces; the
large color swatch shows the current color; the middle section shows the active picker;
and the row of boxes can be used to save swatches.
To show the Colors window
Do one of the following:
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Click a color well.
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Choose View > Show Colors.
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Press Command-Shift-C.
To pick a color in the Colors window
Do one of the following:
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Click a color in the color picker area.
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Click the magnifying glass, then click anywhere on the computer screen to choose a color.
Note: When you open the Colors window by clicking a Motion color well, the color you
click in the Colors window loads into the well, and the selected object in the Canvas
changes color. However, when you open the Colors window from the View menu (or by
pressing Command-Shift-C), clicking a color in the Colors window does not load the color
into the well or change the selected object. In this case, drag a color swatch from the
Colors window to the color well. Similarly, if you leave the Colors window open and select
a another object in the Canvas, clicking in the Colors window does not change the newly
selected object.
To save a color to the Colors window saved swatch area
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Select a color in the picker or by using the magnifying glass.
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Drag the color from the large swatch to a white square at the bottom of the Colors
window.
Colors saved in this area remain accessible across applications and restarts.
Tip: To add white squares, drag the bottom of the Colors window down.