You can add, delete, replace, and sort color swatches or entire swatch groups using the Swatches panel.

NOTE

Selecting Edit > Undo does not undo swatch additions or deletions.

This is a picture of the feature being described.

Swatches panel

To add a color to the Swatches panel:

  1. Select the Eyedropper tool from the Tools panel.
  2. Select the number of pixels to sample from the Sample pop-up menu in the Property inspector: 1 pixel, 3x3 Average, or 5x5 Average.
  3. Click anywhere inside any open Fireworks Document window to sample a color.
  4. Move the tip of the eyedropper pointer to the open space after the last swatch in the Swatches panel.

    The eyedropper pointer becomes the paint bucket pointer.

  5. Click to add the swatch.

    TIP

    When you select Snap to Web Safe in the Options menu of the color pop-up window, any non-websafe color you pick up with the eyedropper pointer is changed to the nearest websafe color.

To replace a swatch with another color:

  1. Select the Eyedropper tool from the Tools panel.
  2. Select the number of pixels to sample from the Sample pop-up menu in the Property inspector: 1 pixel, 3x3 Average, or 5x5 Average.
  3. Click anywhere inside any Fireworks Document window to sample a color.
  4. Hold down Shift and place the pointer over a swatch in the Swatches panel.

    The pointer becomes the paint bucket pointer.

  5. Click the swatch to replace it with the new color.

To delete a swatch from the Swatches panel:

  1. Hold down Control (Windows) or Command (Macintosh) and place the pointer over a swatch.

    The pointer becomes the scissors pointer.

  2. Click the swatch to delete it from the Swatches panel.

To save a selection of sampled colors:

  1. Add sampled colors to the Swatches panel.
  2. Select Save Swatches from the Swatches panel Options menu.

    The Export Swatches dialog box opens.

  3. Select a filename and directory and click Save.