Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 - Manual (Page 163)

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Color
Last updated 6/5/2015
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Color Guide panel overview
Use the Color Guide panel as a tool for color inspiration while you create your artwork. The Color Guide panel suggests
harmonious colors based on the current color in the Tools panel. You can use these colors to color artwork, or you can
edit them in the Edit Colors/Recolor Artwork dialog box, or save them as swatches or swatch groups in the Swatches
panel.
You can manipulate the colors that the Color Guide panel generates in several ways, including changing the harmony
rule, or adjusting the variation type (such as tints and shades or vivid and muted), and the number of variation colors
that appear.
Note: If you have artwork selected, clicking a color variation changes the color of the selected artwork, just like
clicking a swatch in the Swatches panel.
A Harmony Rules menu and active color group B Set as base color C Active colors D Color variations E Limits colors to specified swatch library
F Edit Colors or Edit Or Apply Colors depending on selection (opens the colors in the Edit Colors/Recolor Artwork dialog box) G Save group to
Swatches panel
Note: To edit the selected color group, make sure that no artwork is selected and click the Edit Colors button . To edit
the selected color group and apply the edits to selected artwork, click the Edit Or Apply Colors button . For more
information, see Edit colors in the Edit Colors dialog box .
For a video on using the Color Guide to find and create color solutions, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0058 .
Specify the type of color variations that appear in the panel
❖ Choose one of the following variations from the Color Guide panel menu:
Show Tints/Shades Adds black to variations on the left and white to variations on the right
Show Warm/Cool Adds red to variations on the left and blue to variations on the right