Can you use a custom colour in a table in Framemaker?

[bowen192]

Hello

Pretty much as per title.

And I think I already know the answer to be honest

[ArnisG]

Just create/define the colour first and then you can use it either as fill or for the border colour.

[Bob_Niland]

And once the color is defined, you can apply it via either:

Table > Table Designer [Shading]

This is typically for table-wide settings and Table Catalog defaults.

or select an existing table and

Table > Custom Ruling and Shading

Custom Cell Shading | Color:

This is typically for local overrides and isolated cell mods.

[bowen192]

You're going to hate me for this.

I actually meant, can you use your own custom colours (for example, R 123 G 85 B112), or are you stuck with Framemaker's preset colours?

[Bob_Niland]

View > Color > Color Definitions

[Bob_Niland · Accepted solution]

for example, R 123 G 85 B112

I might add that:

You'll use the

Model: RGB

submenu for that.

And this menu is percent based, so you'll need to convert your 0-255 values to 0-100%.

And these are uncalibrated colors (you can't specify a color model, white point, gamma, or anything else). But you can enter, for example sRGB values, and "tag images for color management" later in PDF rendering (with the sRGB color model elected).

Use

Print As: Process

Overprint: Overprint

unless you have a known reason to use other settings.

[bowen192]

Error7103 wrote:

for example, R 123 G 85 B112

I might add that:

You'll use the

Model: RGB

submenu for that.

And this menu is percent based, so you'll need to convert your 0-255 values to 0-100%.

And these are uncalibrated colors (you can't specify a color model, white point, gamma, or anything else). But you can enter, for example sRGB values, and "tag images for color management" later in PDF rendering (with the sRGB color model elected).

Use

Print As: Process

Overprint: Overprint

unless you have a known reason to use other settings.

Fantastic

You're a good 'un, Error7103.

Makes me realise how little I actually know about FM.

Cheers.