Color and Painting - Adobe Illustrator CC - page 277

9. Choose Select > Deselect, and then press the Escape key to exit Isolation mode.
10. Choose View > Fit All In Window.
11. Choose File > Save, and then choose File > Close.
Review questions
1 . Describe what a global color is.
2 . How can you save a color?
3 . How can you choose color harmonies for color inspiration?
4 . Name two things that the Recolor Artwork dialog box allows you to do.
5 . How do you add pattern swatches to the Swatches panel?
6 . Explain what Live Paint allows you to do.
Review answers
1 . A global color is a color swatch that, when you edit it, automatically updates all
artwork that has it applied. All spot colors are global; however, process colors can be
either global or local.
2 . You can save a color for painting other objects in your artwork by adding it to the
Swatches panel. Select the color, and do one of the following:
• Drag it from the Fill box, and drop it over the Swatches panel.
• Click the New Swatch button ( ) at the bottom of the Swatches panel.
• Choose New Swatch from the Swatches panel menu.
• Choose Create New Swatch from the Color panel menu.
3 . You can choose color harmonies from the Color Guide panel. Color harmonies are
used to generate a color scheme based on any color you want.
4 . You use the Recolor Artwork dialog box to change the colors used in selected
artwork, create and edit color groups, or reassign or reduce the colors in your artwork,
among other functions.
5 . You can add pattern swatches to the Swatches panel either by creating content for the
pattern or by deselecting all content and choosing Object > Pattern > Make. In Pattern
Editing mode, you can edit the pattern and preview it. You can also drag artwork into
the swatch list in the Swatches panel.
6 . Live Paint lets you paint vector graphics intuitively, by automatically detecting and
correcting gaps that might otherwise affect the application of fills and strokes. Paths
divide the drawing surface up into areas, any of which can be colored, regardless of
whether the area is bounded by a single path or by segments of multiple paths.