Creating Shade Colors

Shade colors are based on a parent color and can be lighter or darker than their parent. They have many uses and are very easy to create in Xara LX.

To create a shade color

1. From the Utilities menu choose Color Editor.

2. Click New Named Color in the Color Editor to open the New Named Color dialog box.

3. Select the Make color a shade of button.

4. Select the parent for the shade from the drop-down list.

5. Enter a name for the color.

6. Click Create to create the shade

7. You can then edit the color in the Color Editor. You can only alter the Saturation and Value - the Hue is fixed by the parent color. For more information, see Color Editor - Shade Colors.

Tips

The parent color is shown in the Color Editor as a small white X.

It is recommended that the parent color is a bright, pure color. That is, that the X in the color editor is in the top left-hand corner. This means all shades will be selected as lighter or darker variations of the parent's pure color. This ensures that if you change the lightness or darkness of the parent, all the linked shades change by the correct relative amount.

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Related Topics

Named colors

Color Editor