You can apply a unique colour to every key on Lumatone in the Key Assign section of Lumatone Editor. In most cases you’ll find that picking a limited number of colours and using them to convey meaning is what makes Lumatone powerful. Key colour can be used to visualize any relationship between notes that you can dream up, but the most common use for colour is to visually define patterns in notation and intervals.
You can select a colour by clicking the square swatch next to “Key Colour,” which will open the colour picker.
You can pick any colour using the Custom Colour tab using a standard colour picker or by entering an RGB hex code. But we recommend building Lumatone Colour Palettes in order to keep your colours uniform across the entire keyboard, and make saving and recalling colours easy.
Using Colour Palettes
Lumatone Editor allows for the creation of colour palettes containing up to ten colours each, that you can easily refer back to when assigning colour to your keys.
The Colour Palettes tab appears whenever you pull down a colour swatch in the editor. We’ve included five designer colour palettes that already look great on Lumatone, but you’re also able to edit them to your liking, or add your own palettes from scratch.
To select a colour from an existing colour palette when picking colours, simply click on a hexagon of colour.
To edit an existing colour palette, click the Edit link under the palette.
To create a new colour palette, click the New Palette button.
Creating and Editing Colour Palettes
Editing an existing palette or creating a new one can be done using the Edit Palette window.
When you click to create or edit a colour palette, this window appears. Palettes are made up of ten hexagonal swatches of colour. To edit each colour in your palette, simply click each hexagon, adjust each colour to your liking, and when you are happy with your palette, click Save. Your new or edited colour palette will now appear every time you’re looking for a colour.
Selecting a Key Colour
You can select a colour by clicking the square swatch next to “Key Colour,” which will open the colour picker.
You can pick any colour using the Custom Colour tab using a standard colour picker or by entering an RGB hex code. But we recommend building Lumatone Colour Palettes in order to keep your colours uniform across the entire keyboard, and make saving and recalling colours easy.
