Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Color picker in InDesign


Is there a way to change the color picker to emulate illustrator or photoshop's color picker?


I can never figure out how to get to the color I want in InDesign. I always have to go to the other programs and pick the color then use the RGB/CMYK values.



Answer



Illustrator and Photoshop allow for color picker selection using Hue, Saturation, and Brightness (as well as Hex).



Illustrator color picker


Illustrator CS6 color picker


Indesign does not allow for Hue, Saturation, and Brightness (or hex) specification in the color picker. But Indesign does offer LAB* color selection where Photoshop and Illustrator do not.


Indesign color picker


Indesign CC color picker


Don't ask me why things are this way. I don't know. Just a testament to "Adobe's Unified UI" I guess.


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