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Using predefined color tables


    Your indexed color table can be modeled after predefined color tables, which you select from the Table menu in the Color Table dialog box.

    Custom

    Creates a palette you specify.

    Black Body

    Displays a palette based on the different colors a blackbody radiator emits as it is heated--from black to red, orange, yellow, and white.

    Grayscale

    Displays a palette based on 256 levels of gray--from black to white.

    Spectrum

    Displays a palette based on the colors produced as white light passes through a prism-- from violet, blue, and green to yellow, orange, and red.

    System (Mac OS)

    Displays the standard Mac OS 256-color system palette.

    System (Windows)

    Displays the standard Windows 256-color system palette.