Colours

The COLOR panel is on the right. Everything about choosing and keeping colours happens here.

1. The big square — drag anywhere in it to set how strong and how bright the colour is.
2. The rainbow strip — drag it to pick the basic colour: red, green, blue and everything between.
3. Primary swatch — the colour your left mouse button paints.
4. Secondary swatch — the colour your right mouse button paints.
5. Swap — trades the two over. Shortcut: X.
6. Hex box — type a colour code straight in, like #7cc47a. Press Enter to apply.
7. Eyedropper — click it, then click anywhere on the model or the sheet to grab that colour.

Build a palette before you paint

This is the single best habit to get into. Pick your handful of colours first, save them, and every piece in the set will match.

1. First saved swatch. Click any swatch to paint with it. Hover one and a small × appears to remove it.
2. Last saved swatch. Below the grid is the + button that saves your current colour, and under that the RECENT strip.

To save a colour:

1. Choose it with the square and the rainbow strip.
2. Click the + button under the palette.
3. It's saved. Click it any time to come back to it.

Recent colours

The RECENT strip fills up on its own with colours you've actually painted with — up to 24. Click any to go back to it; the bin icon clears the list.

Only tools that lay down colour feed this list. The eraser, shade tool and colour picker don't clutter it.

A quick way to get a good set of colours

1. Pick your main colour and save it.
2. Drag the square's dot down and left a little, save that — your shadow colour.
3. Drag it up and right from the original, save that — your highlight.
4. Block everything in with Fill, then use Shade (S) for depth.