Test Colours & Graphics is a powerful tool that is built right into the VZones software. With it you can test paint codes, see how you'd look with a different head or body, try new accessories, and so on. It's pretty easy to use once you get used to it. It's a good idea to test a new paint code using this before having a custom can made. Sometimes codes don't look exactly the same inworld as they do in Kenn's Painter.
To
open the Test Colours & Graphics Window, click on what you want
to
test, and choose Test Colours & Graphics from the menu. In this
case we will be working with body codes, so click on your avatar's body
(make sure you aren't clicking on any accessories you are wearing). If
you've done it correctly, you should see your avatar name on the top of
the menu window.
Once you click on Test Colours & Graphics, the window will open.
The top part of the window deals with paint
codes. The small boxes with the numbers correspond to the numbers in
the paint code. The entire paint code is in the box below.
To try out a new code, select the entire code in the text box and
either type or paste in the new code that you want to test. Once you
have the code in there, click Modify. (You may need to move the box out
of
the way to see your avatar - to do that click and hold the mouse button
down on the title bar of the window and just drag the window where you
want it.) You should now see what you would look like with those
paints.
You can edit codes in this window as well. You can use the individual
color boxes at the top, or you can replace numbers within the code by
selecting them and typing in a new number. The code maps the same way
here as it does in Kenn's Painter. For body paint codes, the top row of
numbers usually correspond to the lower part of the body's clothing
(pants, skirts) the middle row to the skin, and the bottom row to the
top part of the clothing (shirt). For some bodies the mapping is not
quite the same so you may have to play with it some to understand how
codes will work on the body you have. If you like what you see while
editing, make sure you copy the code because it will be lost once you
click Quit and close the box.
Have you ever wanted to see how a certain body would look on your
avatar before buying it? You can do that here. The box below where it
says Graphic Image for ... contains the image code for the body you are
wearing. To try out a new one, just type or paste an img code into that
box and click Modify. 
Once
you do that, you can use rotate to turn around, but I find it a little
creepy because it only rotates the thing you are testing. So if you are
testing a new body img file it will turn but your head won't. There is
a way to get around this.
While
the Test Colours & Graphics window is open, click on the Help menu
on the main VZones window and choose About VZones... When the box
opens, click OK. Now you can walk, turn, and use gestures while testing
out the body.
If you leave the locale you are in, the Test Colours & Graphics
window will close and you will return to your real appearance.
For current AW bodies, you can go into the AvatarWares Showroom and open the Test Colours & Graphics window on the body you are interested in and copy the img code from there. If it is a body that isn't in there, you can do the same if you see an avatar who is wearing that body.
For heads and accessories or other items, you follow the same steps making sure you click on the item you want to test.