Quick colour wheel: colour a part without a dialog
Hold a key, move, let go. The selected parts take the colour as you go.
Select one or more parts, point at the model, and hold C. A colour wheel opens at your pointer. Nothing changes until the pointer moves.
- The angle
- Is the hue: the colour itself, red to yellow to green to blue and round.
- The distance from the middle
- Is the saturation: the middle is white, and the rim is the full colour.
- The scroll wheel
- Sets the brightness. The percentage shows under the wheel.
The selected parts change as you move, so you see the result on the model and not on a swatch. A small strip under the wheel shows the colour it was, the colour it is now, its hex code and the brightness.
Keep it or cancel it
- Let go of C, or click, to keep the colour. It is one step in the undo list.
- Press Esc to put the old colour back.
- Or move the pointer far outside the wheel. The dot jumps to your pointer, turns black, and a Cancel pill appears. Let go there and the old colour comes back.
The key works over the view. It does not work while you are typing in a field or while a window is open. If nothing is selected, the app asks you to select a part first.