Styles Control Panel, Color Palette

Let's take a look at the first tab of the Styles Control Panel, the Color Palette.

The use of color is so important to your website.

Not only does color make the website attractive to visitors,

but color also plays a critical role in maintaining a familiar look

and feel of your company or business.

Usually, there are certain colors that you will use consistently throughout your website.

On this tab, you can select up to 10 different colors

and have them be easily accessible for your use.

Let's see how this works.

To set up your Styles Control Panel;

Color Palette

go to the gray panel to your left.

Using the dropdown, select Styles Control Panel.

The window below comes up.

The first tab is ready for your

color selections.

Styles Control Panel; Color Palette

1. Next to each Color number, enter your selected colors' hex color code, or you can click in the square to bring up the Color Palette,

seen below left.

If the first palette doesn't offer the color you want, click on More Colors... located at the bottom of the first color palette. A more extensive Color Palette will come up, seen to the right. As you move your cursor across this palette,a color code will appear in the Custom Color bar. Click OK to select the color. Or you can enter a hex color code.

There are several hex color sites available online that will show a very wide range of colors and tints, plus their hex color codes. You can copy their codes and enter them in the color bars seen on the Color Palette window.

2. Now, that you have selected your colors, and have clicked Finish . Your colors will be displayed at the bottom of the

Color Picker each time you click the Color Picker's icon.

3. If you will only use the Preferred colors and no others, you can check the Only Display Preferred check box. Then, the Color Picker

will offer only the Preferred colors.

4. Click Finish to save your selections, and return to your working page.

5. Click Cancel to exit without saving any selections.