Select the object drawn with the Selection tool, and then select the Stroke tool and a color from the swatch. This will color the lines and strokes on the object. Then select the Fill tool and choose a color from the swatch. Clicking inside the object will fill it with the selected color or pattern.
How do I fill a section with color in Illustrator?
Apply a fill color
Select the object with the Selection tool ( ) or the Direct Selection tool ( ). Click the Fill box in the Tools panel, Properties panel, or Color panel to indicate that you want to apply a fill instead of a stroke. Apply a fill color using the Tools panel or the Properties panel.
How do I change the color of an area in Illustrator?
Click the color you want to use for the fill in the Color panel, which opens when you activate the Fill tool. You can also open the Swatches or Gradient panel and select a color from those libraries. One last option is to double-click the "Fill" tool, click a color in the Color Picker window, and then click "OK."
How do I color a group in Illustrator?
Color groups are created based on harmonies using the Color Guide panel or the Edit Colors/Recolor Artwork dialog box. To place existing swatches in a color group, select the swatches and click the New Color Group icon in the Swatches panel. You can identify a group of colors by the folder icon.
How do I select a color in Illustrator?
Start by clicking on a vector object with the Selection Tool (V), then navigate to the Select dropdown menu and choose between Fill Color, Fill & Stroke, or Stroke Color. You can achieve the same effect by clicking Appearance, which will match vectors that closely mimic the selected object's fill, stroke, or both.
How to merge lines in Illustrator?
Join two or more paths
To join one or more open paths, use the Selection tool to select the open paths, and click Object > Path > Join. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+J (Windows) or Cmd+J (Mac). When the anchor points do not overlap, Illustrator adds a line segment to join the paths.
How do I change the color of a vector in Illustrator?
To change the colors of the illustrations
- Open your vector artwork in Illustrator.
- Select all the desired illustrations with the Selection Tool (V)
- Select the Recolor Artwork icon at the top center of the screen (or select Edit→Edit Colors→Recolor Artwork)
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What tool is used to change the color of the stroke?
You can create strokes with the Line tool or the Pencil tool. A fill is a solid shape, often contained or surrounded by a stroke. It is the surface area of a shape and can be a color, gradient, texture, or bitmap. Fills can be created with the Brush tool and the Paint Bucket tool.
Where is the paint bucket in Illustrator?
With the Selection tool, select all the circles. Next, click the Live Paint Bucket Tool, which is hidden below the Shape Builder Tool, and click the selection.
What is better for digital art Photoshop or Illustrator?
Which tool is best for digital art? Illustrator is better for clean graphic illustrations, while Photoshop is better for photo-based illustrations.
How do you change the color mode from CMYK to RGB in Adobe Illustrator?
Choose Edit > Edit Colors > Convert To CMYK or Convert To RGB (depending on the document's color mode).
How do I add color to the Illustrator library?
add a color
- Select a resource in the active Illustrator document.
- Click the Add Content icon ( ) in the Libraries panel and choose Fill Color from the dropdown menu.
