uncle808us Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Add color to The Macintosh OS X Color Picker to be used in other apps? How can I do this? Quote Mac MacBook Pro 15 in. OS X 10.9.5, Mid 2012 456.77 GB Affinity Design and Photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Pick the colour, then click the large colour field right to the magnifying glass and drag the color swatch to one of the little colour wells immediately above the “Cancel” and “OK” buttons … that should work … :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle808us Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 Pick the colour, then click the large colour field right to the magnifying glass and drag the color swatch to one of the little colour wells immediately above the “Cancel” and “OK” buttons … that should work … :) Huh? toj 1 Quote Mac MacBook Pro 15 in. OS X 10.9.5, Mid 2012 456.77 GB Affinity Design and Photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) Because it isn't well documented by Apple, the Mac Color Picker includes much more functionality than many people realize. This article, although a little dated, covers just about everything it can do. Of particular interest to Affinity users may be the "Why is there a Gray Corner in the Color Swatch?" & "To Set the Color Space for a Swatch" items, how to use & manage the Swatch Drawer items (where the little color wells live), & all the stuff about making, using, & managing custom palettes with the Palette picker. Also, as you may know any system palettes created in Affinity via the Swatches panel will appear in the Mac Color Picker in the Palettes tab. EDIT: @uncle808us: Expand the "Moving Colors into the Swatch Drawer" item in the article for a graphic explanation of what A_B_C was talking about. Edited June 2, 2016 by R C-R A_B_C 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Thank you, R C-R, I should have provided some visual clues … :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle808us Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 Thank you both the system colors work for me just fine. Quote Mac MacBook Pro 15 in. OS X 10.9.5, Mid 2012 456.77 GB Affinity Design and Photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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