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  A Rainbow of Illustrator® 9 Gel Buttons
Part 4A

Using The HSB Color Model To Create A Rainbow of Buttons

If you noticed, we have been using the RGB color model for the button. You can achieve a rainbow of colors simply by using the HSB color model instead.

70. If you haven't done so already, create a lavender button using the RGB values shown previously. Make a copy of the master button and change the colors using the RGB values shown below:

 
  Object 1 Object 2 Object 4
R 56 198 170
G 0 0 0
B 56 199 170

71. Bring up the Color palette and note the equivalent HSB values for each of the colors used in Objects 1, 2 and 4. Start by selecting "Object 1" similar to a previous step, then choose the the HSB color model from the Color palette.

72. Note that the HSB values of the fill color of Object 1 is 300, 100 and 21.96 respectively.

73. Next, select Object 2 and note that the HSB values of its fill color is 300, 100 and 78.04 respectively. Note: The hue value is shown as 299.7. Illustrator will adjust the precision of the numbers after they are entered. It is effectively 300.

74. Finally, select Object 4, click the gradient slider of the second color and note that its HSB values are 300, 100 and 66.67 respectively.

If you will note, the colors of Objects 1, 2 and 4 in the lavender button form a pattern according to the following table:

  Object 1 Object 2 Object 4
H h h h
S 100 100 100
B 21.96 78.04 66.67

In the table above, the h stands for the value of the hue. Using the HSB color model simply choose any value between 1 and 360 for h. The value of the hue in the preceding example is 300. The colors used in Objects 1, 2 and 4 each have 300 as the value for the hue. You change the color of the button simply by entering the same hue value for the fill in Objects 1 and 2 and for the second color of the gradient in Object 4. The rainbow of buttons shown in the graphic below was produced by using a value of 0 (zero) for the hue in the first one on the left and by incrementing this value by 30 for each button to produce 12 different colored buttons. Try some variations of your own. There are 348 additional combinations.


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