rgb by numbers- 70,170,255

[crownfield]

I need to enter the rgb numbers to define a color between many documents.

again, this should be simple and clear.

I have no idea why help and usage do not show me clearly how to do that.

I select rgb in setup.

and why black and greys and white are not in the swatches, beats me.

I see no place to enter the numbers that define the color.

 

 

 

[v_kyr]

See and read through ...

• Color panel
• Swatches panel

... and ...

• Colour
  • About colour
  • Colour models
  • Colour spaces
  • Colour management
  • Using OpenColorIO
  • Selecting colours
  • Sampling colours
  • Global colours
  • Spot colours
  • Overprinting
  • Colour chords
  • Gradient and bitmap fills
  • Transparency
  • Transparency editing

[R C-R]

2 hours ago, crownfield said:

and why black and greys and white are not in the swatches, beats me.

In the Swatches panel, no color, black, 50% grey, & white are always available. They are the 4 color 'wells' next to the swatch category name, above the color samples of that category. (It's what the callout in the help topic labels with an "I".

[crownfield]

v_kyr:

 

the problem with publisher is things that should be clear and simple, are not

I don't need to know color spaces or color management or overprinting. 

I need to know how to see the color sliders. it should be simple and clear. it is not

the design of the user interface is just not well done.

the program capabilities are great, but the implementation is not well implemented.

I can go into a half dozen other graphic programs the do not require an hour of reading to change something.

I still do not have any idea how to see the sliders.

sadly the project to be shown live tomorrow is bad because the sliders are not findable to me.

I need them.

I do not need the index of color.

when I search for rgb number or rgb slider, guess what I find?

nothing

no tooltip hints.

no right click helpful choices

I need the color panel. I need sliders on that panel.

no luck.

sadly, you were no help.

 

[v_kyr]

Such apps have some degree of complexity, due to the bunch of settings they offer. So without looking through some tutorials and the help contents, or some book about the app for learning it's overall UI etc. usage, you will not get very far here. - So all in all pretty much the same as with most other more complex software too.

[Brian_J]

@crownfield The Color Panel help page provides the info you’re looking for: https://affinity.help/publisher2/English.lproj/pages/Panels/clrPanel.html.

1. In the Color Panel Preferences (hamburger menu), select Sliders.
2. Use the drop-down menu (to the right of the lock icon) to select RGB.

[crownfield]

brian_j

'select sliders from the drop down menu',    but 'sliders' is not a choice.

 

and v_kyr, there is a big difference between complex programs. some have a clear and clean user interface. some do not

publisher has a very complex UI. it is just not as well designed as other interfaces.

a very simple example is word count.

in word, a box pops up with the count in it.

in publisher the numbers appear on some bar. I have never seen any example of word count on the screen.

I design user interfaces, and implement them. I use many graphical programs for image processing, program design, web design, and print design. they have clean interfaces. they are easy for me to understand. their help is clear. their hints are useful. popup menus are focused and productive.

[R C-R]

4 minutes ago, crownfield said:

'select sliders from the drop down menu',    but 'sliders' is not a choice.

The menu is the item labeled "D" in the Color panel help topic. Scroll down a bit in the Color selection preferences and color models section of that topic to where it says "The following color selection preferences are available from the Panel Preferences menu" & note that Sliders is the second choice.

The 3 line icon for this type of panel menu is commonly referred to as a hamburger menu or hamburger button.  It has been around for decades & can be found in many different apps.

[Brian_J]

2 hours ago, crownfield said:

'select sliders from the drop down menu',    but 'sliders' is not a choice.

Does this help?

[Circulus]

Double click the color field to open the Colorchooser

[thomaso]

15 hours ago, crownfield said:

rgb by numbers- 70,170,255
I need to enter the rgb numbers to define a color between many documents.

Just do it. You can either use the sliders or the numerical value fields.

Since you seem not to see an according panel (there are others, too, as mentioned in previous posts above): What are your panel settings, which are opened, which are hidden, which are closed? – Can you upload a screenshot of you entire screen?

[v_kyr]

8 hours ago, crownfield said:

and v_kyr, there is a big difference between complex programs. some have a clear and clean user interface. some do not

That's the way of cookie crumbles.

8 hours ago, crownfield said:

publisher has a very complex UI. it is just not as well designed as other interfaces.

a very simple example is word count.

in word, a box pops up with the count in it.

in publisher the numbers appear on some bar. I have never seen any example of word count on the screen.

Tell them to rework their UI and usability, so making it overall clearer & better!

8 hours ago, crownfield said:

I design user interfaces, and implement them. I use many graphical programs for image processing, program design, web design, and print design. they have clean interfaces. they are easy for me to understand. their help is clear. their hints are useful. popup menus are focused and productive.

I'm too long time in the software development branche and thus I can tell that NOT ALL have those clean & easy to understand interfaces and usability here. It always highly depends on the individual software and how forward-thinking their UI/UX designers and developers were.

[crownfield]

BJ:   you solved it

select color

select menu

and sliders is a choice.

you saved me.

thanks to you and everone else who helped/