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Applying Color
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Working with the Swatches palette
You can add colors and gradients to the Swatches palette by dragging them from the
Color palette, from the Gradient palette, or from the toolbox Fill and Stroke boxes to the
Swatches palette. You can add a pattern to the Swatches palette by dragging it from the
artwork or by selecting it and choosing Edit > Define Pattern. (See
Color palette, from the Gradient palette, or from the toolbox Fill and Stroke boxes to the
Swatches palette. You can add a pattern to the Swatches palette by dragging it from the
artwork or by selecting it and choosing Edit > Define Pattern. (See
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New colors, gradients, or patterns that you create and store in the Swatches palette are
associated only with the current file. Each new Adobe Illustrator file can have a different
set of swatches stored in its Swatches palette. Swatches stored in the RGB Startup file or
CMYK Startup file are loaded into all new Illustrator documents, depending on which color
mode you select when you create the new document. (See
associated only with the current file. Each new Adobe Illustrator file can have a different
set of swatches stored in its Swatches palette. Swatches stored in the RGB Startup file or
CMYK Startup file are loaded into all new Illustrator documents, depending on which color
mode you select when you create the new document. (See
.)
To choose a color, gradient, or pattern from the Swatches palette:
1 Choose Window > Swatches.
2 Click a color, gradient, or pattern swatch in the Swatches palette. The selected color,
gradient, or pattern appears in the Color palette and in the Fill box or Stroke box in the
toolbox, and it is applied to any selected object.
gradient, or pattern appears in the Color palette and in the Fill box or Stroke box in the
toolbox, and it is applied to any selected object.
To modify the swatch display:
1 Choose Window > Swatches.
2 Choose one of the following display options from the pop-up menu:
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List View displays a small swatch next to the name of the swatch. The icons to the right
of the name show the color model (CMYK, RGB, and so on), and whether the color is a
spot color, global process color, non-global process color, registration color, or none.
spot color, global process color, non-global process color, registration color, or none.
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Small Thumbnail View or Large Thumbnail View displays only the swatch. A triangle
with a dot in the corner of the swatch indicates that the color is a spot color. A triangle
without a dot indicates a global process color.
without a dot indicates a global process color.
To modify the type of swatches displayed:
1 Choose Window > Swatches.
2 Click one of the following buttons at the bottom of the Swatches palette:
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The Show All Swatches button displays all color, gradient, and pattern swatches.
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The Show Color Swatches button displays only process color and spot color swatches.
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The Show Gradient Swatches button displays only gradient swatches.
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The Show Pattern Swatches button displays only pattern swatches.
To select all swatches not currently used in the file:
1 Choose Window > Swatches.
2 Choose Select All Unused from the pop-up menu. Only swatches that are not currently
used in the active file are selected.
used in the active file are selected.
To sort swatches by swatch type or by name:
1 Choose Window > Swatches.