Colour

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Type:	Visual tool.
Primary fire:	Applys the specified colour settings to the selected prop.
Secondary fire:	Removes any colour settings applied to the selected prop.
Notes:	Alters the colour and opacity of props.

The Colour tool modifies the colour properties of a prop.

Press and hold the "Q" key to bring up the main menu.
On the right hand side of the screen under the "Garry's Mod" tab, select the colour tool from the menu.
Adjust the tool's controls to your liking and release the "Q" key.
Apply the specified colour settings to a prop using the primary fire button.
Remove any colour settings from a prop using the secondary fire button.

Presets: A drop down menu used to save and restore a collection of settings for the colour tool.
Colour: A series of controls used to manipulate hue, saturation, brightness, and opacity.

Colour Wheel		Both hue and brightness can be adjusted with this control.
Brightness Slider		Brightness can be adjusted with this control.
Red Slider		Red can be adjusted with this control.
Green Slider		Green can be adjusted with this control.
Blue Slider		Blue can be adjusted with this control.
Alpha Slider		Alpha a.k.a transparency can be adjusted with this control.
Preview Pane		Displays a preview of the resulting colour settings.
Colour Swatches		A collection of preset colours for easy selection.

Render Mode

A drop down menu used to select the render mode to be used when applying the specified colour settings.

Normal - Affects only color.
Transparent - Colour - Affects both color and transparency.
Transparent - Texture - ??? Seems to be the same as Transparent - Colour ???
Glow - ??? Seems to be the same as Transparent - Colour ???
Transparent - Alpha - ??? Seems to be the same as Transparent - Colour ???
Transparent - Add - ??? Seems to be the same as Transparent - Colour ???
Transparent - Alpha Add - ??? Seems to be the same as Transparent - Colour ???
World Glow - ??? Seems to be the same as Transparent - Colour ???

Render FX

A drop down menu used to select additional render effects to be used when applying the specified colour settings.

None - No special effects are applied.
Pulse Slow - The transparency of a prop slowly pulses slightly.
Pulse Fast - The transparency of a prop quickly pulses slightly.
Pulse Slow Wide - The transparency of a prop slowly pulses dramatically.
Pulse Fast Wide - The transparency of a prop slowly pulses slightly.
Fade Slow - The transparency of a prop slowly fades from the specified alpha to zero.
Fade Fast - The transparency of a prop quickly fades from the specified alpha to zero.
Solid Slow - The opposite of Fade Slow.
Solid Fast - The opposite of Fade Fast.
Strobe Slow - The transparency of a prop strobes slowly.
Strobe Fast - The transparency of a prop strobes quickly.
Strobe Faster - The transparency of a prop strobes wildly.
Flicker Slow - The transparency of a prop flickers slowly.
Flicker Fast - The transparencly of a prop flickers quickly.
Distort - ??? It flickers but I don't see the relationship between the name and what it does ???
Hologram - The transparency of a prop strobes very quickly.
Pulse Fast Wider - ??? Doesn't seem to do anything ???

To make a prop invisible, set the alpha to zero and select "Transparent - Colour" under Render Mode.
For some strange reason the settings under Render FX don't take effect unless the prop has also been manipulated with the Material tool.