﻿3M Colour Palettes in the Corel Graphics Suite 9-X6

The CPL files contain 3M colours for the Corel Grahics Suite 9-X6 in the variants Standard RGB and CMYK (offset coated paper). 


Destination Directory

Corel Graphics Suite 9.x  COREL\GRAPHICS9\CUSTOM\PALETTES
Corel Graphics Suite 10.x  COREL\GRAPHICS10\CUSTOM\PALETTEN
Corel Graphics Suite 11.x  Corel\Corel Graphics 11\Eigene Daten\Palettes
Corel Graphics Suite X3  Corel\Coreldraw Graphics Suite 13\Languages\De\Custom Data\Palettes
Corel Graphics Suite X4  Corel\CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4\Languages\DE\Programs\Data
Corel Graphics Suite X5  Eigene Dateien\Meine Paletten
Corel Graphics Suite X6  Eigene Dateien\Meine Paletten

The adherence to this destination path is not necessary for the availability of the palettes in the program.


Application in CorelDRAW

1. Draw any object in CorelDRAW!
2. Click on the colour selection field (bucket) in the help bar and the colour area symbol.
3. Choose the register rider to the right in the program ("Adjusted Palettes")
4. Click "Type/ Open Palette" and select the desired 3M Palette from the above mentioned directory.
5. The palette is availabe in the list with a short description.
6. Choose "Options/Show colour names".
7. By "View/ Load Color Palette" opens a "docking window" where you can select among the installed colour palettes in a very quick way ("Load"). Practical for the different 3M output optimiziations! In this window indicated palettes can be loaded as an addition to the diverse 3M-palettes with the “load” command.
8. You can now design with the 3M-colours!


Application in other Corel products

In Corel PHOTO-PAINT you can access the same colour selection window by first opening a new or existing 24-bit colour image, and then double-clicking on one of the current colours in the horizontal bottom bar. As described above, docking window, rollup window and permanent colour palette are accessible also in Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8.x.

Corel DREAM 3D and Corel DEPTH do not allow use of 3M colour files, as they do not support user-defined colour palettes.



Turn off Corel-colour management!

In order to achieve a correct colour representation of the 3M-colours in the Corel products the Corel-colour management needs to be shut off. 

Version 9-11

1. Go to „extras/colour management“.
2. Deactivate „calibrate colour for the display“
3. Deactivate „display simulated printer colours“


Version X3-X6

1. Go to „extras/colour management“.
2. Switch the colour management to OF.


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