Using the Color Dialog Box

The Color dialog box provides options for working with color in your report.

The Color dialog box options are:

• Standard Color Swatches. Provides a set of 48 predefined colors from which to choose on the left side of the dialog box. Your selection appears in the Selected Color field.
• Custom Color Palette. Provides a palette on the right side of the dialog box to define a custom color. Your selection appears in the Selected Color field.
• Luminosity bar. Drag the slider to change the luminosity (relative lightness or darkness) of a color. The corresponding numerical value appears in Lum.
• Hue. Indicates the hue value of your selected color. You can enter a value, or increase or decrease the hue value by using the up and down arrows, respectively.
• Sat. Indicates the saturation value of your selected color. You can enter a value, or increase or decrease the saturation value by using the up and down arrows, respectively.
• Lum. Indicates the luminosity (lightness or darkness) of your selected color. You can enter a value, or increase or decrease the luminosity value by using the up and down arrows, respectively.
• Red. Represents the numeric value of red (0 to 255).
• Green. Represents the numeric value of green (0 to 255).
• Blue. Represents the numeric value of blue (0 to 255).
• Selected Color. Displays the color that you selected.
• Transparent. Makes the color transparent. This is only available for background colors.