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172 Chapter 7: Applying Color, Strokes, and Fills
Creating colors in the Color Mixer
In the Color Mixer, you can create colors by dragging sliders or entering values for each
component of a color model such as RGB, Hexadecimal, or CMY. The color you create is
applied to the active Stroke Color or Fill Color box. The Color Mixer also has a color bar
displaying the range of colors in the current color model. You can click anywhere in the color
bar to apply a color. You can also click the system color picker button to select a Windows or
Macintosh system color.
Mixing colors in the Color Mixer
You can use the Color Mixer to view the values of the active color and edit color values to
create new colors.
By default, the Color Mixer identifies RGB colors as hexadecimal, displaying hexadecimal
color values for red (R), green (G), and blue (B) color components. Hexadecimal RGB values
are calculated based on a range of values from 00 to FF.
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Although CMY is a color model option, graphics directly exported from Fireworks are not
ideal for printing. To repurpose exported Fireworks graphics for print, you can import
them into FreeHand MX, which automatically performs CMYK conversion of RGB
images when output to digital color separations. For more information, see FreeHand
documentation.
Color model Mode of color expression
RGB Values of Red, Green, and Blue, where each component has a value from 0
to 255. 0-0-0 is black and 255-255-255 is white.
Hexadecimal RGB values of Red, Green, and Blue, where each component has a
hexadecimal value from 00 to FF. 00-00-00 is black and FF-FF-FF is
white.
HSB Values of Hue, Saturation, and Brightness, where Hue has a value from 0 to
360 degrees, and Saturation and Brightness have a value from 0 to 100%.