Tangerine Help Docs - General Settings

General Settings - An Overview

The General Settings window contains options for configuring Color Swatch appearances, creating new colors, displaying the Actions and Swatch Tooltips and checking for Tangerine software updates.

To open the General Settings window, select 'Settings… > General Settings' from the Tangerine menu.

General Settings

Split Swatch View

The swatch view – the rectangular color box inside a swatch – can be split to show:

the color as it will appear with its color profile used, and
the color as it appears on your monitor without the color profile being used.

You will find this useful when working with color in applications that do not use color profiles to display colors, graphics and images. For more information see Showing the Swatch Color Without the Color Profile.

In Tangerine's split view, the color as it appears on your monitor – without the color profile being used – is displayed in the top left corner of the swatch (see the diagram).

Split Swatch View

To split the swatch view, select the 'Show color without color profile in the top right corner' checkbox.

Swatch Reflection

Each swatch has a reflection overlay (see diagram). This overlay may slightly alter the appearance of the swatch's color. In turn, this may interfere with your ability to choose colors in Tangerine. Consequently, the reflection overlay can be turned off (or on) in the General Settings window.

Swatch Reflections

To remove swatch reflections, deselect the 'Show swatch reflection' checkbox.

Swatch Tooltip

The Swatch Tooltip appears when you hold the mouse over a color swatch for a short length of time. The delay duration before the Swatch Tooltip appears can be adjusted to suit your needs. Alternatively, the Swatch Tooltip can be switched off (or on).

Use the 'Enable Swatch Tooltip' checkbox to turn the Swatch Tooltip on or off.
Use the slider beneath the 'Enable Swatch Tooltip' checkbox to adjust the duration before the Swatch Tooltip appears.

Actions Tooltip

The Actions Tooltip provides a summary of which mouse and keyboard combinations insert color syntax, apply colors to or retrieve colors from the active application.

Use the 'Show Actions Tooltip' checkbox to stop (or start) the Actions Tooltip appearing when the mouse is over a swatch or input button.

Sampled Screen Colors

Colors sampled from a screen are RGB device-dependent. The sample's appearance may vary widely when viewed on another monitor or output device. In most cases, making the color sample "device-independent" largely solves this problem. To do this, you must configure Tangerine to assign a color profile to the sample color before it is placed into a Tangerine palette. Note: you can assign RGB, CYMK and Grayscale color spaces to the sample.

To convert a color sampled from your screen to a different color space, select a Color Profile from the 'Convert color to:' pop-up button.

New Color with Values

When you create a new swatch using the 'New Color with Color Values' toolbar shortcut, your new swatch is automatically assigned a base color. The base color provides you with an initial (or default) color that you modify into the color you want. Use the base color to configure an initial color model (RGB, CMYK or Grayscale) and color profile for each new color you create. For more information see Creating a New Color and Setting its Color Values.

To set the base color, select a color from the 'Create color from base color:' Color Well control.

Check for Updates

You can have Tangerine check the Internet on a weekly basis for new and updated versions of itself. You should be aware that no private or personal information is sent when checking for updates.

Use the 'Check for online updates once a week' checkbox to enable Tangerine to look for updates once a week.
Alternatively, you can use the 'Check Now' button to check for updates at any time.

Tangerine Settings

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