On Monday, July 11, 2011 10:25:55 am Cecil Westerhof wrote:

> I am using ConTeXt to make documentation for a webbased application. (100+

> document) Last week they showed me another document with used a kind of

> rainbow (but completely filled at the upper part) for the page header and a

> 180 degrees rotated one with different colors for the page footer. Now they

> want me to do the same. What is the best way to do this?

Many programs will create multicolor gradients. I would use Gimp. But Scribus, Krita etc. are also candidates.

I suggest this tutorial if you are new to Gimp:

http://www.tankedup-imaging.com/gradient.html

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John Culleton

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