Using the color picker

The dashboard designer can customize displayed colors in many parts of data visualization gadgets, such as backgrounds, borders, fonts, and grids.

Color pickers support the following ways to select a color:

n	Selecting Auto to use a default color

n	Selecting from a preset group of basic colors

n	Typing an RGB color or hexadecimal value using Custom Colors

n	Using the spectrum bar and gradient box to select a color using Custom Colors

When using the spectrum bar and gradient box, the color is displayed in the color preview box. The RGB and hexadecimal value are shown, as in Figure 4-15.

Figure 4-15  Selecting a color from a color picker

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