Using the preset palettes

Manga Studio 5 has many ways to pick colors other than using the color sets. We'll take a look at these as we look at the color sets, so that you're familiar with all the options and can use them to your advantage.

Color circle

We'll start with the Color circle menu, which you can locate by default on the left-hand side of Manga Studio 5 at the bottom. If you don't see it, simply go to the Window menu at the top of the screen and then select the Color circle option. This will bring up the appropriate menu. The color circle is—appropriately enough—a circle with a slider outside of either a square or a triangle. The outside slider controls the overall hue, while the inside square or triangle allows you to pick more or less intense or saturated variations of the chosen hue.

If there is a square in the center of your circle, then you are on the Hue, Saturation, and Value (HSV) color space. Clicking on the circle and triangle icon in...