For all the bashing we give SharePoint Designer, there are some very cool, though poorly documented, features. For example, have you ever found yourself creating a style sheet from a graphic provided by a designer? Did the designer give you every hex color value? Would you like to be able to select the exact color and be self sufficient? Here is how I use SharePoint Designer to solve the problem.
Color Picking
- Size SPD so that you can see the graphic that has the target colors.
- In SPD Choose "Pick Color".
- In the color picker, click the Select… button.
- Your cursor will change to an eye dropper and you can now select any color on screen. In the example below I am selecting a blue from the banner of the page behind SharePoint Designer.
- Click OK and your color choice will be added to the style sheet.
Go forth and be self sufficient.