MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX, Use Manual

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Color, Tempo, and Transitions 257
Choosing colors for movie elements
Use the Color menu to select colors for movie elements such as the Stage, vector shapes, and the
foreground and background of sprites. For some elements, such as Stage and sprite colors, you can
also enter hexadecimal values for any RGB color. The Color menu displays the colors in the
current palette; the 16 larger color boxes at the top of the menu identify your favorite colors.
If the movie is set to specify colors as RGB values, selecting a color from the Color menu specifies
the RGB value of the color, not its index value. (For an explanation of the difference between
index and RGB color, see “Specifying palette index and RGB color” on page 255.) The bar at the
top of the Color menu indicates whether the movie is set to RGB or index color.
If you want to select a color that is not in the current palette (and therefore not available on the
Color menu), you can use the system color picker to specify any color. You can also change the set
of colors available on the Color menu by displaying a different color palette.
To open the Color menu:
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Do one of the following:
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Select a sprite and display the Sprite tab of the Property inspector.
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Select Window > Tool Palette.