From the course: InDesign 2022 Essential Training
Join today to access over 22,700 courses taught by industry experts or purchase this course individually.
The danger (and power) of unnamed colors - InDesign Tutorial
From the course: InDesign 2022 Essential Training
The danger (and power) of unnamed colors
- [Instructor] Some people spec all their colors far ahead of ever applying them in their documents, others like working more interactively playing with colors as they lay out a page. And you can work either way in InDesign, but if you're in the play as you go corner you're probably going to like using the color panel. You can find the color panel by going to the window menu choosing from the colors sub menu, and then choosing color. I'm going to apply a new color to this text frame over here. So I'll select it with a selection tool. Now, inside the color panel menu in the upper right corner I'm going to choose a color mode. Usually you would choose HSB, RGB, or CMYK. RGB and HSB are actually both ways to define an RGB color. And that's fine if you're creating a document for onscreen viewing, but in this case, let's choose CMYK. Now, from here, you can dial in the colors exactly the way you want them by typing in the values here,…
Practice while you learn with exercise files
Download the files the instructor uses to teach the course. Follow along and learn by watching, listening and practicing.
Download courses and learn on the go
Watch courses on your mobile device without an internet connection. Download courses using your iOS or Android LinkedIn Learning app.