Color Line Overview

The Color Line shows which of the named colors
(if any) have been applied to the selected object(s). It also provides a quick way of applying named colors
and of opening the Color Editor. Note that if the selection
uses local colors
no markers are displayed on the Color Line. For information about colors in Xara LX, see the Colors Overview.

Color Shapes

Diamond shaped colors are library colors - you cannot edit these. See the Color Gallery Overview and Showing library colors on the Color Line for more details.

Square colors are named colors
.

Circular colors are spot colors
.

The Colors in Use

You can apply the colors by dragging and dropping them from the Color Line. The fill and line colors are marked (see illustration for Current line and fill color):

Diamond markers show the named colors used by the selected objects. A diamond in the top-left corner of a color square indicates the fill color. A diamond in the top-right corners indicates the line color.

Cross-shaped markers show the current color attributes
if there are no objects selected. Line color on the right, fill color on the left.

Triangular markers show the colors of a fill if you have applied one.

Current fill and line colors

The outer part of the color swatch on the left-hand end of the Color Line shows the line color and the center shows the fill color. These are:

The colors of any selected objects,

Otherwise the current color attributes
.

Examples

Two way hatching indicates no color (bottom example).

One way hatching indicates multiple different colors (second example).

For a graduated fill, the center shows the two colors used in the fill (third example).

You can drag and drop colors from the swatch to apply them to objects in the drawing.

Edit Color Button

Clicking on this button opens the Color Editor. The Editor shows the current fill color. (Shown in the color swatch.) Shift-clicking also opens the Color Editor but showing the current line color.

No Color

Clicking this applies a 'no color fill'. Shift-clicking (or right-clicking) applies 'no color' to a line. Note that this is not the same as 100% transparent. 'No color' and transparency are different. A shape with transparency applied remains a solid shape whereas a shape filled with 'no color' is effectively hollow.

Spot Colors

If your document contains spot colors
, they appear on the Color Line as circles (they also appear as circles in the Color Gallery). This makes it easy to distinguish them from other types of color.

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Related Topics

Changing the color of objects

Color Line

Color Gallery

Color Editor