CorelDRAW X7: The Official Guide, 11th Edition

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Mixing and Matching with Digital Color Models

Put away those crayons and fling that color wheel out on the front lawn. Digital color obeys none of the rules we were taught in school, and you use digital color models to fill objects that CorelDRAW, in turn, displays on your monitor. Defining colors, period, is an art that even professionals occasionally struggle with. The good news is that version X7 makes applying the color you have in mind as simple as can be, through an extensive collection of industry-standard swatches, intuitive color models, and color mixers that make color definition more like play than work.

If you’ve ever been faced with picking out a tie to match your shirt at 6:30 a.m. in a dimly lit closet, you’ll appreciate the ...