Java Desktop System Release 3 User Guide

To Select a Color

You use a color selection dialog to specify the color characteristics to display in an application. You can use the dialog to choose the color effect that you want. Choose a color from the Palette in the color selection dialog, or use the color wheel or the spin boxes to customize the color.

The following table lists the color preferences that you can modify.

Table B–1 Color Selection Dialog


Dialog Element	Description
Color Wheel	Click on the color wheel to select a color.
Color Triangle	Click on the color triangle to select the shade of the chosen color.
Color Button	Displays the selected color.
Hue	Use the spin box to specify the position of a color on the color wheel.
Saturation	Use the spin box to specify the intensity of the color.
Value	Use the spin box to specify the degree of lightness or darkness of a color.
Red	Use the spin box to specify the amount of red in the color.
Green	Use the spin box to specify the amount of green in the color.
Blue	Use the spin box to specify the amount of blue in the color.
Color Name	Contains the HTML-style hexadecimal equivalent color value. For example, `#0000FF` is the hexadecimal value for the color blue.
Palette	Contains color entries which you can select and drag. You can also save colors to the palette.