The Directory contains several Paint and Color categories:
Paint
Samples:
Manufacturers' paint samples you can drag-and-drop onto
surfaces. Samples are often grouped in complementary colors to make it
easier to color coordinate.
Color Picker:
Choose colors and also their complements to make color
coordinating your rooms easier.
Paintables:
Light colored materials you can apply to surfaces and tint
with paint and color. For example, apply a paintable plaster material
and then paint over it by checking "Tint Surface" in the color
and paint categories before you drag a color over.
Applying Paint and Color
To apply paint and color to surfaces, drag-and-drop them
from the Paint Samples or Color Picker categories:
Example:
Tint Surface
Check "Tint surfaces" to tint materials instead
of replacing them.
For example, apply a white brick material to a wall, choose
"Tint Surface" and apply paint to it. The material is tinted
with the color rather then replaced by it.
This works best with light materials. See "Paintables"
below.
Paintables
The Paintables category contains materials that accept
paint and color well:
Drag one of the Paintable
materials onto a surface
Open a Paint or Color Picker
category
Check "Tint Surfaces"
Drag colors onto the paintable
surfaces
Example:
Apply To Multiple Structural Surfaces
Apply paint and colors to multiple wall, floor, countertop,
roof and stair surfaces by holding in keys during the drag-and-drop process.
Apply
color to all sides: Hold down the Alt key when you drag paint and
color to a wall, floor, countertop, roof or stairs to apply paint and
color to all sides simultaneously.
Apply
color to all sides of "type": When you hold down Ctrl
and Alt when dragging paint to a wall, floor, roof or countertop, the
color will be applied to all sides of that "type". For example,
hold in Ctrl and Alt, drag a color to a wall and it will be applied to
all sides of all walls in the project simultaneously.
Note: This only
works with floors,
walls, countertops and roofs - not furniture.
Color Picker
Use the Color Picker to choose any color you need.
Follow steps below:
1. Choose a primary color by clicking a
color circle or a color on the rainbow-bar.
2. Drag sliders to set brightness and saturation.
3. Choose
a complementary color type if desired.
4. Drag-and-drop color boxes onto surfaces
in your plan.
Tint Surface: Check
"Tint Surfaces" to make colors tint materials instead of replace
them.
Glossy Paint Surfaces
To emulate glossy paint surfaces, set reflectivity by right-clicking
a surface and setting reflectivity values. See suggested values below.
Examples:
Note: Reflectivity only applies to walls, floors, roofs and countertops.
Lights and Color
As in real life, plan3D colors are affected by spotlights
and sun. The more light on a color, the brighter it will be.
If a spotlight or sun is behind a wall the color may be dull or gray.
Drag the sun or spotlight to brighten the surface in question.
Example:
Calibrating Your Monitor
Computer display settings - like the color
settings on a television - may not be calibrated. Yellows may have a green
tint or reds may look purple.
The EasyRGB
website may be useful for calibrating your display colors.
Hide Paint
Right-click a surface, choose "Hide Paint". Repeat
to show it.