Pattern Fill: One Opaque and one Transparent Color

An object's fill is configured on the Colors tab of its Properties dialog box.

If you want an object to show behind another object, but you want the front object to have more than substance than just a border, you may want a pattern with a transparent affect.

1

Style

2

Color

3

Pattern

4

Pattern Color

 

1

Style

Select Pattern...

  1. (Optional) Click the Browse button to the right of the Style drop-down list.

The Fill Effects dialog box opens.

  1. Select the Pattern tab.

2

Color

The first color selected is the background color for the pattern.

The Down arrow to the right of the Color field opens the CimEdit palette.

When the color is set to 0%, the background is completely transparent.

Note: Any transparency percent can be applied.

3

Pattern

Available pattern options using the selections in the Color fields.

Do one of the following.

Select the pattern from the drop-down list in the Properties dialog box.

Click a pattern in the Fill Effects dialog box.

4

Pattern Color

Second color that creates the pattern when applied to the background color.

The Down arrow to the right of the Color field opens the CimEdit palette.

When the color is set to 0%, the pattern color is completely transparent.

Note: Any transparency percent can be applied.

More information

Pattern fill options.