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<h1 itemprop="articleSection" id="hd_id3153126">Selecting a new color</h1>
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<p id="par_id3150771" class="paragraph"><a name="farbentext"></a><span class="avis">LibreOffice lets you define custom colors using a two-dimensional graphic and numerical gradient chart of the <span class="emph">Pick a Color</span> dialog.</span></p>
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<p id="par_id3145729" class="paragraph">Choose <span class="emph">Format - Area - Area</span>, press the <span class="emph">Color</span> button and click the <span class="emph">Pick</span> button.</p>
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<p id="par_id3151037" class="paragraphintable">Press the <span class="emph">Color Dialog</span> button in the <span class="emph">Illumination</span> tab of the <span class="emph">3D Effects</span> dialog.</p>
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<h2 itemprop="articleSection" id="hd_id3149514">The Pick a Color Window</h2>
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<p id="par_id3148944" class="paragraph">The Pick a Color Dialog window consist of four main areas.</p>
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<p id="par_id3148945" class="paragraph">The radio buttons select the color component of the color. This color component can be expressed in either RGB (Red, Green, Blue) or HSB (Hue, Saturation, Brightness) color models. The CMYK color model is not selectable and is provided only to ease the input of color values using CMYK notation.</p>
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<p id="par_id3148946" class="paragraph">The spin buttons are for entering the numerical value of the color component.</p>
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<p id="par_id3148947" class="paragraph"><span class="avis">With the vertical color component slider you can modify the value of each component of the color.</span> With the large colored square you can select the color component approximately.</p>
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<p id="par_id3153061" class="paragraph"><span class="avis">Click in the big color area on the left to select a new color. Using this selector area you can modify two components of the color as represented in the RGB or HSB color models. Note that these are the two components not selected with the radio buttons on the right side of the dialog.</span></p>
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<p id="par_id3154164" class="paragraph"><span class="avis">In the right part of the bottom bar, you will see the original color from the parent tab, <span class="emph">Colors</span>.</span></p>
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<p id="par_id3154165" class="paragraph"><span class="avis">In the left part of the bottom bar, the current result of your work in this dialog is visible.</span></p>
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<div class="notetext"><p>LibreOffice uses only the RGB color model for printing in color. The CMYK controls are provided only to ease the input of color values using CMYK notation.</p></div>
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<h2 itemprop="articleSection" id="hd_id315200">RGB</h2>
<h3 id="hd_id3151114">Red</h3>
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<p id="par_id3153727" class="paragraph"><span class="avis">Sets the Red component modifiable on the vertical color slider, and the Green and Blue components in the two dimensional color picker field. Allowed values are 0 to 255.</span></p>
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<p id="par_id3153728" class="paragraph"><span class="avis">Sets the Green component modifiable on the vertical color slider, and the Red and Blue components in the two dimensional color picker field. Allowed values are 0 to 255.</span></p>
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<p id="par_id3153729" class="paragraph"><span class="avis">Sets the Blue component modifiable on the vertical color slider, and the Green and Red components in the two dimensional color picker field. Allowed values are 0 to 255.</span></p>
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<h2 itemprop="articleSection" id="hd_id3151076">Hex #</h2>
<p id="par_id3148456" class="paragraph"><span class="avis">Displays and sets the color value in the RGB color model expressed as a hexadecimal number.</span></p>
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<p id="par_id3153730" class="paragraph"><span class="avis">Sets the Hue component modifiable on the vertical color slider, and the Saturation and Brightness components in the two dimensional color picker field. Values are expressed in degrees from 0 to 359.</span></p>
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<p id="par_id3153731" class="paragraph"><span class="avis">Sets the Saturation component modifiable on the vertical color slider, and the Hue and Brightness components in the two dimensional color picker field. Values are expressed in percent ( 0 to 100).</span></p>
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<p id="par_id3153732" class="paragraph"><span class="avis">Sets the Brightness component modifiable on the vertical color slider, and the Hue and Saturation components in the two dimensional color picker field. Values are expressed in percent ( 0 to 100).</span></p>
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<h3 id="hd_id3149203">Cyan</h3>
<p id="par_id3159252" class="paragraph"><span class="avis">Set the Cyan color value as expressed in the CMYK color model.</span></p>
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<h3 id="hd_id3155429">Magenta</h3>
<p id="par_id3152596" class="paragraph"><span class="avis">Set the Magenta color value as expressed in the CMYK color model.</span></p>
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<h3 id="hd_id3154147">Yellow</h3>
<p id="par_id3155306" class="paragraph"><span class="avis">Set the Yellow color value as expressed in the CMYK color model.</span></p>
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<h3 id="hd_id3150105">Key</h3>
<p id="par_id3146148" class="paragraph"><span class="avis">Set the Black color value or key (black) as expressed in the CMYK color model.</span></p>
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