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Opening and editing custom color palettes

You can open a custom color palette, and you can set it as the default color palette. For more information about customizing color palettes, see “Setting the properties of color palettes.”

When you create a custom color palette, the color palette is empty. You can edit the palette by adding the colors that you want to include. You can also change, delete, sort, and rename colors.


To open a custom color palette

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Click Window Photo Paint onestep Opening and editing custom color palettes Color palettes Photo Paint onestep Opening and editing custom color palettes Open palette.
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Choose the folder where the custom color palette is stored.
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Double-click the filename.
If you want to set the opened custom color palette as the default palette, right-click anywhere on the edge of the color palette border, and click Set as default.

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You can close a custom color palette by right-clicking the edge of the color palette, and clicking Palette Photo Paint onestep Opening and editing custom color palettes Close.

To edit a custom color palette

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Click Window Photo Paint onestep Opening and editing custom color palettes Color palettes Photo Paint onestep Opening and editing custom color palettes Palette editor.
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Choose a palette from the list box.
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Modify any colors.

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Do the following
Add a color
Click Add color. Click a color in the color selection area, and click Add to palette.
Change a color
In the color selection area, click the color that you want to change, click Edit color, and click the new color in the color selection area.
Delete a color
Click a color in the color selection area, and click Delete color.
Sort colors
Click Sort colors, and click a color sorting method.
Rename a color
Click a color in the color selection area, and type a color name in the Name box.

Photo Paint tip Opening and editing custom color palettes

 
You can delete multiple colors from a custom color palette by holding down Shift or Ctrl, and clicking in the color selection area.

Opening and editing custom color palettes