Blending colors between filled objects

The Blend filters create a series of intermediate colors from a group of three or more filled objects, based on the objects' vertical or horizontal orientation, or on their stacking order. The filters do not affect strokes or unpainted objects. (See Stacking objects.)

To blend colors and opacities between filled objects:

1. Select three or more filled objects to blend.
2. Do one of the following:
• To fill the intermediate objects with gradated blends between the frontmost and backmost filled objects, choose Filter > Colors > Blend Front to Back.
• To fill the intermediate objects with gradated blends between the leftmost and rightmost filled objects, choose Filter > Colors > Blend Horizontally.
• To fill the intermediate objects with gradated blends between the topmost and bottommost filled objects, choose Filter > Colors > Blend Vertically.