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This tutorial is my third in the Absolute Beginners series. It will show you how to make a simple, but very effective-looking seamless tile that you can use as a background for your web page. You'll be learning how to use the colour palette, how to create a gradient and how to use the kaleidoscope filter. But, the good news is, this method produces a perfect seamless tile - without the seamless tile filter! Good luck, and let's go! :)
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1. First of all, to see a finished version of what we'll be making (as it will appear tiled on a webpage), you can check it out right here. OK, open a new image that is 200 pixels wide by 200 pixels high with a transparent background (see below, left). To change the width and height when you're opening a new image, either slide the slider along with your mouse (see where the arrow is pointing, below), or click inside the box itself and type in the numbers manually. File>New>Create New Image.
Tip: A quick way to open a new image is to simply click on the open new image icon in the top left-hand corner of the toolbar, which should look something like this: 
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2. Now open the materials palette....(see right). If it's not already showing, go to View>Palettes>Materials. We're going to need to change the existing colours to what we want for our background tile, so right-click on the foreground colour (that's the black square showing in my palette to the right). This will bring up a small pop-up (see below). Click on 'Other'.
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3. You should now see the main colour palette. Right-click over the pale yellow colour on the colour picker (situated under the colour wheel - see below, left) and click on 'OK'. Alternatively, you can type in the colour code in the HTML box: #FFFFC0 (situated immediately above the cancel button).
Tip: you can also use the cut and paste method to change the HTML code: just cut the code from elsewhere and paste it straight into the box. This comes in handy if you see a particular colour on the web you like. All you need to do is to go into the Page Source and cut and paste the code.
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4. Now we have to change the background colour to purple, so let's change it the same way as we did above (i.e. by right-clicking over the existing background colour - which is my white square shown above). Go through the same steps as shown in Step 2 above, however this time choose a purple shade instead of the pale yellow. I went with #800080, or:
This is what the materials palette should now look like:
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