Using Color and Patterns to Enhance Signage - Adobe Illustrator CC - page 344

The color changes that you made to the color group are saved in the Swatches pan-
el.
14. Choose Select > Deselect, and then choose File > Save.
Note
To learn more, search for “Working with color groups” in Illustrator Help.
There are many kinds of color edits that can be made to selected artwork in the Re-
color Artwork dialog box, including reducing the number of colors, applying other
colors (like Pantone colors), and much more.
Painting with patterns
In addition to process and spot colors, the Swatches panel can also contain pattern and
gradient swatches. Illustrator provides sample swatches of each type in the default
Swatches panel as separate libraries, and lets you create your own patterns and gradients.
In this section, you will focus on creating, applying, and editing patterns.
Note
To learn more about working with gradients, see Lesson 9 , “ Blending Col-
ors and Shapes . ”
Applying existing patterns
A pattern is artwork saved in the Swatches panel that can be applied to the stroke or fill of
an object. You can customize existing patterns and design patterns from scratch with any
of the Illustrator tools. All patterns start with a single tile that is tiled (repeated) within a
shape, starting at the ruler origin and continuing to the right. Next, you will apply an exist-
ing pattern to a shape.