Exchange of Colors in the Design Pattern

You can completely exchange one or more colors in your design pattern or modify colors selectively using the magic wand drawing tool.

Change colors with the magic wand drawing tool

  1. Design pattern is open.
    1
    Select the magic wand drawing tool
    2
    Select a pattern color
    3
    Click on the pattern area, you want to recolor
  1. The pattern area was recolored

Change colors using the Find and Replace / Exchange dialog box

If you want to exchange completely a color in your pattern, the best dialog to use would be Find and Replace / Exchange.

  1. Design pattern is open.
    1
    Call up Find and Replace dialog box.
    Dialog Boxes → Find and Replace
  1. The Find and Replace / Exchange dialog box appears.
    2. 2
    Select the Pattern Colors entry in the Search Control Column Data, Needle Data, Modules section under Needle Data.
    3
    Define the search area:
    Selection
    Exchange a color in the selected area only.
    Selection
    Exchange a color within the whole design pattern.
    4
    In the drop-down list box select the pattern color that you want to find and replace.
  2. Only the pattern colors that actually exist in the design pattern, will be displayed.
    3. 5
    Select as well the Pattern Colors entry in the Replace Control Column Data, Needle Data, Modules section under Needle Data.
    6
    Select the pattern color that is to replace the found one.
    7
    Confirm the settings and start the operation.
    Replace All Matches
    or
    Replace and Find Next when you want to replace the matches one by one.
  1. The selected pattern color was completely replaced by another one.