Reduce colors in your artwork – Adobe Illustrator CS3 User Manual
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To exclude a row of current colors from being reassigned, click the arrow
between the columns. To include it
again, click the dash.
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To exclude a single current color from being reassigned, select the color and click Excludes Selected Colors So
They Will Not Be Recolored
.
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To randomly reassign colors, click the Randomly Change Color Order button
. The New colors move
randomly to different rows of current colors.
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To add a row to the Current Colors column, click Add A Row
.
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To separate or merge colors in the Current Colors row, do either of the following:
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To separate colors into separate rows, select the color block you want to move and click Separate Colors Into
Different Rows
.
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To merge colors into one row, Shift-click to select multiple colors, and then click Merge Colors Into A Row
.
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To change tints or shades of new colors, click the triangle next to the right of a new color and choose an option.
Select Apply To All if you want the same option to apply to all new colors in the color group.
Note: Tints And Shades and Hue Shift are only available when you choose not to preserve spot colors.
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Click OK to recolor the artwork. If you don’t want to recolor the artwork, click Cancel, or deselect Recolor
Artwork and click OK.
Randomly change saturation and brightness in all colors
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If necessary, select an object and choose Edit > Edit Colors > Recolor Artwork.
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In the Live Color dialog box, click the Randomly Change Saturation and Brightness button
.
Note: You can also do this when editing a color group using the Color Bars display.
View original colors in your artwork as you assign new colors
When you recolor selected artwork, the original colors are replaced by those in the selected color group. When
deciding how to assign new colors, you may need to see where an original color (from the Current Colors column)
appears in your artwork, especially if your artwork is very detailed or contains many original colors.
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If necessary, select an object and choose Edit > Edit Colors > Recolor Artwork.
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In the Live Color dialog box, click the Click On Colors Above To Find Them In Artwork button
, and then
click a color in the Current Colors column.
The artwork that uses that color appears in full color on the artboard while all other areas of the selected artwork are
dimmed.
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Click the icon again to return your artwork to full color.
Reduce colors in your artwork
Reducing colors for output, converting colors to grayscale, or limiting colors to a color library is often necessary
when you create artwork intended for multiple types of output media. You can easily reduce the number of colors in
your artwork using the Live Color dialog box. You can choose whether to use a preset for reducing colors, for
example, you can choose Grayscale Art to quickly convert your selected artwork to grayscale.