Graphics Programs Reference
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can see all of the swatches in the panel.
4.
Click the white swatch in the top row of the Swatches panel, and drag it to the right of
the forest green swatch in the tree logo color group.
When dragging a color into a color group, make sure that you see a line appear on the
right edge of the forest green swatch (see the figure). Otherwise, you may drag the
white swatch to the wrong place. You can always choose Edit > Undo Move Swatches
and try again. Aside from dragging colors in or out of a color group, you can rename a
color group, reorder the colors in the group, and more.
Working with color in the Color Guide panel
The Color Guide panel can provide you with color inspiration as you create your artwork.
You can use it to pick color tints, analogous colors, and much more and then either apply
them directly to artwork, edit them using several methods, or save them as a group in the
Swatches panel.
Next, you will use the Color Guide panel to select different colors for a version of the tree
logo and then you'll save those colors as a color group in the Swatches panel.
1.
Choose 3 Artboard 3 from the Artboard Navigation menu in the lower-left corner of
the Document window.
2.
With the Selection tool ( ), click the first tree on the left (with the aqua color fill).
Make sure that the Fill box is selected in the Tools panel.
3.
Click the Color Guide panel icon ( ) on the right side of the workspace to open the
panel. Click the Set Base Color To The Current Color button ( ).
Note
The colors you see in the Color Guide panel may be different from what you
see in the figure. That's okay.
This allows the Color Guide panel to suggest colors based on the color showing in the
Set Base Color To The Current Color button.
Next, you'll experiment with colors using Harmony Rules.
