The color palette in Corel Photo-Paint
One of the most used programs for digital content design in Corel Photo-Paint, this tool has positioned itself as one of the most popular and efficient along with other well-known programs.
In this opportunity, you will be able to learn a little more in-depth, the extraordinary characteristics that this program has for the creation of a customizable color palette.
How to view the color palette
The color palette is not an element that is visible to the naked eye once you start using Corel Photo-Paint, so you need to enable it. To do this, you must:
- Go to the “Window” tab.
- Locate yourself on the “Dockable Windows” section.
- Select «Color palette manager».
Once you have the color palette between your docked windows and enter that section, you will be able to see a button for creating a new empty color palette. At this point, it should be noted that Corel Photo-Paint has a default color palette, but it cannot be customized.
Use the color palette based on an image
One of the most striking options that Corel Photo-Paint offers regarding the color palette, is to be able to create a new color palette from an image. To do this, in the color palette manager window, you can select the option: “create a new palette from selected objects” or the button “create a new palette from the document”.
From this action, a box will open with the full range of colors in the selected document or object.
- You can select a color and edit it, giving it lighter or darker tones.
- Eliminate colors that you think you don’t need.
- Add some new colors.
- Classify colors.
All the colors at your disposal
In order for you to see your color palette at the bottom of the Corel Photo-Paint toolbar, you must click on an arrow that is in the lower-left part of your screen.
- View colors from the image.
- Select the number of colors you want to appear on the toolbar.
- Click OK.
Tips to create your color palette
Following the guidelines dictated by the psychology of colors and the opinion of experts in this regard, when working with a color palette to design a logo or some other design with which you want to create a specific impact (even to apply image effects), the following is recommended:
- Study the psychology of color: Know what each color expresses before using it in a design, so you will know what you are transmitting and how a person can feel when seeing an ad or a logo.
- Include different shades: It is important to have variety, so it is highly recommended that you edit the colors that you include in your palette, varying in brightness and contrast and having an adequate balance.
- Without much load: There are many recommendations regarding the use of different colors. This recommendation is based on not using more than three colors if your design is something small.
It’s time to create
Use the incredible tools that Corel Photo-Paint offers us not only to create your color palette and add warm and perfect tones to all your designs but to create even animated GIFs with images. Establish and create different palettes to have a more than complete arsenal and take your work to another level.