Add or remove colors in a color group – Adobe Illustrator CS4 User Manual
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Color
Edit colors in a color group using the Color Picker
You can use the Color Picker to change colors in a color group.
1
In the Edit Colors/Recolor Artwork dialog box, do one of the following:
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Double-click a wheel marker or right-click a wheel marker and choose Color Picker.
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Double-click a color bar.
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Click the color swatch to the left of the color sliders.
2
Save the edits by doing one of the following:
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To save the edited colors as a new group, type a new name in the name box at the top of the dialog box, and then
click New Color Group
.
•
To save the edits to the original color group, click Save Changes To Color Group
.
Randomly change color order or saturation and brightness
In the Edit Colors/Recolor Artwork dialog box, you can explore random variations of the current color group by using
the Randomly Assign Brightness And Saturation button and the Randomly Change Color Order button.
1
In the Edit Colors/Recolor Artwork dialog box, select a color group.
2
Click Edit, and then click Display Color Bars; or click Assign.
3
Do either of the following:
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To randomly change the brightness and saturation of the current color group while retaining the hues, click
Randomly Change Color Order
.
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To shuffle the order of the current color group, click Randomly Changes Saturation And Brightness
. Use
this button when recoloring artwork to quickly explore the different ways artwork can be recolored with the
current color group.
Globally edit saturation, brightness, temperature, or luminosity
1
In the Edit Colors/Recolor Artwork dialog box, click Edit.
2
Click the Color Mode button
, and choose Global Adjust.
3
Change the values for Saturation, Brightness, Temperature, and Luminosity.
Note: If you’ve limited the colors to a swatch library, any adjustments you make are limited to the library colors.
Add or remove colors in a color group
1
In the Edit Colors/Recolor Artwork dialog box, click Edit.
2
Do either of the following:
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To add a color to the color group, right-click in the color wheel where you want to add the color and choose Add
New Color. If you click the line of an existing color marker, the new marker moves with that marker.
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To remove a color, right-click the color marker or color bar and choose Remove Color. You cannot remove the
base color marker.
Note: In the color wheel, you can also use the Add Color Tool button
or the Remove Color Tool button
, and
then click in the color wheel on the color you want to add or remove.
•
To remove a color from a color group in the Color Groups list, expand the color group, right-click the color
swatch you want to remove, and choose Remove Color.