Select Colour in the Palette menu allows a colour in the palette to be changed to one from the thread charts or your own [see Setup Thread Charts for details on creating your own thread charts]. Choose the colour to be changed and then the option. A dialog is given showing the charts and the current palette, use the tabs to select the required chart - the top row of tabs select the manufacturer and the second row the chart. Select the required colour from the chart by using the mouse or by typing the number in the edit box at the bottom. To view more of the chart use the slider at the bottom. A small white box is displayed in the top left corner of any colour that is in the current palette, if the colour is in the palette more than once it will be a red box.
The chart can be displayed in either Chart or Number Order, select the Sort Chart option and then the required order.
To print the chart select the Print Chart option - the Print Chart dialog is given. Select the number of Columns required. Select the required checkboxes for the items to print from Print Colour Boxes, Print Colour Numbers, Print Colour Names, Print RGB Values, Print CSI Values. RGB are Red, Green and Blue values; CSI are Colour, Saturation and Intensity values.
Other options that are given are OK, to continue, Cancel, to leave the option without selecting a colour and Help.
If the colour is changed by using this option, then the corresponding name and number will be given, as well as clearing the other manufacturers numbers.
If the chart is being displayed in a manufacturers approximations using the Colour Schemes option then the other numbers will not be cleared.
Changing A Colour In The Palette For Another Colour From The Thread Charts
1. Select the colour in the palette you wish to change.
2. Select Select Colour from the Palette menu - the Select Colour dialog is given.
3. Use the tabs to select the required thread chart.
4. Select the required colour by using the mouse or typing the manufacturers number in the edit box. 5. To view more of the chart, use the slider.
6. Select OK.
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1. Select the colour in the palette you wish to change.
2. Select Select Colour button from the toolbar - the Select Colour dialog is given.
3. Use the tabs to select the required thread chart.
4. Select the required colour by using the mouse or typing the manufacturers number in the edit box. 5. To view more of the chart, use the slider.
6. Select OK.
Select Blend Colour
This option will create a colour made up of strands of different colours that can be chosen from different charts. Choose the colour in the palette to be replaced by the blended colour and select the Select Blend Colour option from the Palette menu. A dialog will be given allowing the required threads to be selected. It is possible to make a blend that has more than 2 threads, for example 2 stranded threads and a metallic thread. When selecting a colour hold down the CTRL key and click on the colour for additional strands, the number given inside the colour shows the number of strands being used.
Other options that are given are OK, to continue, Cancel, to leave the option without selecting any colours and Help.
The colour given in the palette is an average of the threads selected, but the stitched view gives a more representative look.
Blends are shown in the key as a single line, for example DMC 310 Black, Anchor 1 White.
Selecting A Blended Colour In A Palette
1. Select the colour in the palette to be replaced with a blended colour.
2. Select Select Blend Colour from the Palette menu - the Select Blend Colour dialog is given.
3. Select the thread colours required for the blend by using the LEFT mouse button.
4. By holding down the CTRL key when selecting a colour, this will increase the number of strands used.
5. Select OK.
Add Colours
This option will allow colours to be added from the thread charts to the current palette, thus increasing the number of colours available. The maximum number of colours in a palette is 255. Once this option has been selected in the Palette menu, select the required thread chart by using the tabs. Colours can be selected from any of the thread charts and will be added to the same palette.
Colours can be selected by using the mouse or typing the required colour numbers in the edit box at the bottom. Several colours can be selected by either method at one time. To view more of the chart use the slider at the bottom. As the colours are selected they are shown at the bottom of the dialog.
Other options that are given are OK, to continue, Cancel, to leave the option without adding a colour and Help.
Adding Colours To The Current Palette
1. Select Add Colours from the Palette menu - the Add Colours dialog is given.
2. Use the tabs to select the required thread chart.
3. Select the required colours by using the mouse or typing the manufacturers number in the edit box. 4. Colours can be selected from more than one chart by using the tabs.
5. To view more of a chart, use the slider. 6. Select OK.