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About fills and strokes
A fill is a color, pattern, or gradient inside an object. You can apply fills to open and closed objects and to faces of Live Paint groups.
A stroke can be the visible outline of an object, a path, or the edge of a Live Paint group. You can control the width and color a stroke. You can
also create dashed strokes using Path options, and paint stylized strokes using brushes.
Note: When working with Live Paint groups, you can apply a brush to an edge only if you add a stroke to the group using the Appearance panel.
The current fill and stroke colors are displayed in the Tools panel.
Fill and Stroke controls
Controls for setting the fill and stroke are available in the Tools panel, the Control panel, and the Color panel. You can use any of the following
controls in the Tools panel to specify color:
Fill button
Double-click to select a fill color using the Color Picker. Stroke button Double-click to select a stroke color using the Color
Picker. Swap Fill And Stroke button
Click to swap colors between the fill and stroke. Default Fill And Stroke button Click to return to
the default color settings (white fill and black stroke). Color button
Click to apply the last-selected solid color to an object with a gradient fill or
no stroke or fill. Gradient button
Click to change the currently selected fill to the last-selected gradient. None button Click to remove the
selected object’s fill or stroke.
You can also specify color and stroke for a selected object by using the following controls in the Control panel:
Fill color Click to open the Swatches panel or Shift-click to open an alternate color mode panel, and choose a color. Stroke color Click to open
the Swatches panel or Shift-click to open an alternate color mode panel, and choose a color. Stroke panel Click the word Stroke to open the
Stroke panel and specify options. Stroke weight Choose a stroke weight from the pop-up menu.
Apply a fill color to an object
You can apply one color, pattern, or gradient to an entire object, or you can use Live Paint groups and apply different colors to different faces
within the object.
1. Select the object using the Selection tool (
) or the Direct Selection tool ( ).
2. Click the Fill box in the Tools panel or the Color panel. Doing so indicates that you want to apply a fill rather than a stroke.
Fill box active. The Fill box is above the stroke box
3. Select a fill color by doing one of the following:
Click a color in the Control panel, Color panel, Swatches panel, Gradient panel, or a swatch library.
Double-click the Fill box and select a color from the Color Picker.
Select the Eyedropper tool and Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) an object to apply the current attributes, including the
current fill and stroke.
Click the None button to remove the object’s current fill.
You can quickly apply color to an unselected object by dragging a color from the Fill box, Color panel, Gradient panel, or Swatches panel
onto the object. Dragging does not work on Live Paint groups.
Draw and merge paths with the Blob Brush tool
Use the Blob Brush tool to paint filled shapes that you can intersect and merge with other shapes of the same color.
The Blob Brush tool uses the same default brush options as calligraphic brushes. (See Calligraphic brush options.)
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