CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 Guidebook

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Give it a try

1 If the Document palette or Image palette
is not displayed, do one of the following:

• In CorelDRAW, click Window Color palettes Document palette.


• In Corel PHOTO-PAINT, click Window
  Color palettes Image palette.
  All colors used in the document or image
  are automatically added to the palette.

2 Click the arrow button in the upper-left
corner of the palette to access other
options.

The leaf is filled with green from the Document palette.

To prevent colors from being automatically

added to the palette, disable the

Automatically update option.

Click and hold a color on the Document

palette or Image palette to see 49

different shades of that color.

To add a color from an object directly to

the Document palette or Image palette,

drag the object to the palette.

To add a color from another color palette

within the application, drag the color to

the Document palette or Image palette.

To add colors from anywhere in the

window, click the eyedropper button on

the Document palette or Image palette,

and click a color.

Mesh Fill tool

CorelDRAW

When creating illustrations, you may find the

Mesh fill tool particularly useful. The Mesh

fill tool lets you apply a grid to an object and

add colors to the grid to achieve precise color

transitions. By adding rows and columns to

your mesh grid, you can customize the color

transitions from cell to cell within the grid. The

more rows and columns you add, the more

color transitions you can create. The tighter the

individual quadrants are, the more control you

have over the blends between the colors. You

can also modify the shape of your mesh fill grid

by dragging the grid nodes.

The Mesh fill tool provides an easy way of

creating unique textures and color gradients in

your objects without applying multiple blends

and contours. By choosing colors close to each

other on the color wheel and with similar color

values, you can achieve more realistic effects,

such as flesh tone or surfaces that require

smooth, subtle color transitions. Alternatively,

colors farther apart on the color wheel, with

radically different values, produce harsher

color transitions. Harsh color transitions can be

useful for simulating complicated reflections,

abstract graphic elements, or materials with