Coloring Objects

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Any object that you can select with a selection tool can be colored. You can color individual bonds, part or all of a chemical structure, or objects such as boxes, curves, arrows, orbitals and reaction mechanism symbols.

The border of objects that are shaded or filled, such as white filled s-orbitals in the Orbitals palette, are the same color as the shading or fill. The border of objects that are hollow, such as circles and hollow boxes in the Drawing Elements palette can be colored, but the inside of the object cannot.

To color an object:

1. Select the object in a document window with a selection tool.

2. Do one of the following:

• On the Style toolbar, click the Color button, and select the color from the menu that appears.
• From the Color menu, choose a color.
• In the Object Settings dialog box, on
  the Drawing tab, click the Color button , and select the color from the menu that appears.