User Guide

Chapter 5148
To apply color to a selected object, do one of the following:
• In the Swatches panel, drag a swatch to the Fill, Stroke, or Both color selector at the upper left
of the Swatches panel.
• In the Swatches panel, click the Fill, Stroke, or Both selector at the upper left of the Swatches
panel, and then select a color name in the list.
• In the Object panel, select the stroke or fill to which you want to apply a color, and then select
a color from the Swatches panel. For more information on adding strokes and fills using the
Object panel, see Chapter 6, “Using Strokes and Fills,” on page 165.
• Click the stroke or fill color box in the Tools panel and select a color from the pop-up
color palette.
To apply color to an unselected object:
Drag a color swatch from the color box in the Color Mixer, Tints, or Swatches panel onto the
object’s stroke or fill.
To change how color is applied to an unselected object:
1 Drag a color swatch from the color box in the Color Mixer, Tints, or Swatches panel over
the object.
2 Before you release the mouse button, do one of the following:
• Hold down Shift as you release the mouse button to apply the color only to the object’s fill.
• Hold down Control-Shift (Windows) or Command (Macintosh) as you release the mouse
button to apply the color only to the object’s stroke.
To apply color using the Eyedropper tool:
1 In the Tools panel, click the Eyedropper tool.
2 Position the pointer over the color that you want to apply.
3 Drag the color to the object to which you’ll apply the color.
To change the display of the pop-up color palettes:
1 In the Tools panel, click the stroke or fill color box to display the color palette.
2 Click the palette’s Options menu control and select Swatches or Color Cubes.