Microsoft Publisher 2007

Getting Started with Colors

Publisher gives you a wide variety of options for using colors. Several default colors are provided, but you may also create your own colors, use Publisher's color-matching system, or copy colors from another publication.

Applying Colors
Creating New Colors
Selecting Colors from a Color Library

Applying Colors

On the Formatting toolbar, there are two buttons, which you will use to specify what part of an object you want to color.

Button	Button Name	Action
	Fill Color	Applies the selected color to the area inside the frame of the object
	Line Color	Applies the selected color to the frame border of a selected object

Applying Colors to an Object

Select the object to which you want to apply color
To apply color to the frame border of your object, click thenext to LINE COLOR
To apply color to the area inside the frame of your object, click thenext to FILL COLOR
NOTE: You can apply separate colors to the border and to the inside.
The Quick menu appears.
From the palette of choices, select More Line Colors... or More Fill Colors...
Select the Standard tab
Select the desired color
Click OK

Creating New Colors

Publisher provides you with three color models to use in designing a new color. The one you use will depend on the information that you have about the color (e.g. you already have the RGB values) and the printing process you will use for your final publication. If you are using a commercial printer and have questions as to which option you should use, ask your printer.

RGB: Red, Green, and Blue
HSL: Hue, Saturation, and Lightness
CMYK: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black

To create a new color:

Select the object to which you want to apply the new color
To apply color to the frame border of your object, click thenext to LINE COLOR » More Line Colors...
To apply color to the area inside the frame of your object, click thenext to FILL COLOR » More Fill Colors...
The Colors dialog box appears.
Select the Custom tab
From the Color model pull-down list, select a color mode
Text boxes appropriate to the model you have chosen appear below.
HINT: The color mode does not change the color choices you are presented with, and is usually only used if you have specific color values to input.
In the Colors palette, click a color and use the slide bar to adjust it
OR
In the value text boxes, type the values
In the New box, you will see the color change as you make adjustments.
Click OK
The color is applied to the object.

Selecting Colors from a Color Library

If your Publisher publication will be commercially printed, it will be important to you to have the colors of your publication reproduced as accurately as possible. When choosing a custom color, faithful reproduction of it will be easier to achieve if you select the color from a color library, which contains various color-matching systems supported by commercial printers. To ensure color-matching accuracy, Publisher supports the PANTONE Matching System. PANTONE is one of the most widely used color-matching systems in commercial printing.

NOTE: Before selecting colors, be sure to check with your printer as to which color-matching systems they support.

Select the object to which you want to apply the new color
To apply color to the frame border of your object, click thenext to LINE COLOR » More Line Colors...
To apply color to the area inside the frame of your object, click thenext to FILL COLOR » More Fill Colors...
The Colors dialog box appears.
Select the PANTONE tab
Select the desired color from the circular Colors palette
The color is previewed in the New box.
Click OK
Your PANTONE color is applied.