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Edit color

Existing colors can be edited. Double click on the relevant list entry and you will see the following dialog:

Here you can rename the color, even by using its current color values. You can also label it, e.g. to group certain colors. The label color of a color will be shown in the Color inspector color list afterwards.

Web colors

The small # field below the color sliders shows the web color value of the current color. Web colors are used to represent colors in HTML pages in the web. Web colors are basically defined in RGB and are written in hexadecimal format, using number values from 0 to F (F = 15). #000000 here means R0 G0 B0 (Black), #FFFFFF means R255 G255 B255 (White).
To get more detailed information about web colors, see, for example, Wikipedia.
Hint: Please keep in mind that web colors are always RGB, even if you have chosen the CMYK color model for the current color. If you e.g. create new colors using web color values, but chose the CMYK color model, the color results may differ from what you expected.

Color model

You can assign a color to a certain color model. iCalamus supports the following color models:

CMYK

This is the color model of your choice whenever you want to create documents for offset printing and want to use pre-separated colors. CMYK stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (CMYK is often pronounced 'Smike'). The color values in the CMYK color model usually have 8 bits of color information per color channel, which means 32 bits per color dot in an image.

RGB

The RGB color model offers unseparated colors and is the main color model in the world of computers. Almost all color input devices (like scanners and digital cameras) as well as monitors use this color model. RGB stands for Red, Green, Blue. The color values in the RGB color model usually have 8 bits of color information per color channel, which means up to 24 bits per dot in an image, or 16.7 million color choices.

Gray

The Graytone color model only uses 8 bits of color information (or 256 gray tones) per dot in an image.

RGB Calibrated

This color model corresponds to the RGB color model described above, but here the color values are automatically calibrated by iCalamus for the best color output results on screen and in print.

Gray Calibrated

This color model corresponds to the Gray color model described above, but here the graytone values are automatically calibrated by iCalamus for the best graytone output result on screen and in print.