Don't forget! The value 0 is always at the far left of the slider, the value 255 always at the far right.
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Paint Shop Pro : A rainbow gradient (v7)
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Bernard Jolivalt
Setting the Colours
This is the most important step in the creation of our gradient. We have to apply a colour to each of the markers that we have defined. This is the only way to make a complete rainbow.
- Click on the first marker on the left to activate it.
The little triangle changes from white to black, thus showing that the marker has been selected. - Double-click on the colour indicator, to the left of the bar.
The colour picker appears.
- In the Current color section, you can see a small arrow to the far right of the individual colour pickers. Use the Red, Green
and Blue sliders to define the following colour: RGB = 128,0,255.
This colour corresponds to the first colour of the rainbow: purple.
Figure 6: Paint Shop Pro 7's colour picker.
Don't forget! The value 0 is always at the far left of the slider, the value 255 always at the far right.
Similarly, you will have to define the colours of the six other markers for your gradient. These colours are those of the rainbow, namely (in addition to the afore-mentioned purple) indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red. To help you, here are the RGB codes for each of these colours:
| Marker | Colour | Red | Green | Blue |
| 1 | Purple | 128 | 0 | 255 |
| 2 | Indigo | 64 | 0 | 255 |
| 3 | Blue | 0 | 0 | 255 |
| 4 | Green | 0 | 255 | 0 |
| 5 | Yellow | 255 | 255 | 0 |
| 6 | Orange | 255 | 128 | 0 |
| 7 | Red | 255 | 0 | 0 |
When you have finished this, your rainbow gradient will be visible in the gradient editor dialog box.
Figure 7: The gradient is finished.