The color palette displays a large choice of colors. Each square represents a color. These colors are used to draw out your design in the View Window. Color one can be thought of as needle one on the peripheral, but color palette does not control the peripheral. Colors are supplied to aid in visualizing what the final sew out will look like. Color one will sew out first, color two will sew out second, and so on. A number will appear on the color box in the color palette only when the color is active in the design. Every color is editable. To edit the colors, you can right click anywhere on the color palette. Once you right click a color menu will appear with several features. The first feature is that you can hide the color that you right clicked on. The second feature is that you can show the color if it is already hidden. If a color is hidden it will have an X on top of it. You can also simply left click on a color to show or hide it. An X on top of the color symbolizes that it is hidden. No X on top of the color symbolizes that the color is not hidden. From the color menu, you can also hide all of the colors in the design. If you would like to have one color displayed at a time, to show the order of sewing for example, you can use the "Walk Through Colors" tool . The "Walk Through Colors" tool is displayed after the background color button. If you would like to change the color of the background (the View Window area behind the design), right click on the first box in the color palette .
The color palette works like the rest of the toolbars in giving you the option of dragging and dropping (moving) the toolbar buttons (color boxes in the case of the color palette). To do this, press the <Alt> key and left click on a color (once selected you may let go of the <Alt> key), drag the color to the desired place on the bar and let go of the left mouse button. If you drag the selected toolbar button (color box) outside of the toolbar (color palette) area, it is deleted.
The last box in the color palette , represents the color wrap. This image is always displayed at the end of the colors in the color palette. Color wrap is explained in more detail under Color Properties.
If you have saved Custom Color Palettes, you may right click on the color palette, then click "Load Custom Color Palette." Refer to Color Properties for information on how to save Custom Color Palettes.
The final feature of the color menu is Properties.
Another great feature in EDS IV, is that you can save your own "Custom Color Palettes". Click here to learn more about Custom Color Palettes.
Click on the following for more information on Color Properties.