Using predefined color tables

Your indexed color table can be modeled after the following predefined color tables:

Custom

Creates a palette you specify.

Black Body

Displays a palette based on the different colors a black body radiator emits as it is heated--from black to red, orange, yellow, and white.

Grayscale

Displays a palette based on 256 levels of gray--from black to white.

Spectrum

Displays a palette based on the colors produced as white light passes through a prism--from violet, blue, and green to yellow, orange, and red.

System (Mac OS)

Displays the standard Mac OS 256-color system palette.

System (Windows)

Displays the standard Windows 256-color system palette.

To choose a predefined table:

1. Open the indexed-color image.
2. Do one of the following:
• Choose Image > Mode > Color Table.
• Choose Image > Mode > Indexed Color. In the Indexed Color dialog box, choose Custom from the Palette menu. This opens the Color Table dialog box.
3. In the Color Table dialog box, choose a predefined table from the Table menu.