Using the Color palette

You use the Color palette to apply color to an object's fill and stroke, and also to edit and mix colors --either colors that you create or colors that you selected from the Swatches palette, from an object, or from a color library.


Selecting colors in the Color palette

To edit the fill or stroke color using the Color palette:

1. Select an object using any selection tool.
2. Choose Window > Color.
3. Select the Fill box or Stroke box in the Color palette or in the toolbox.
4. Do one of the following:
• Position the pointer over the color bar (the pointer turns into the eyedropper), and click.
• Adjust the Tint slider if using a global color from the Swatches palette. (See Changing global colors and tints.)
• Choose an RGB, Web Safe RGB, HSB, CMYK, or Grayscale color model from the Color palette menu, and use the sliders to change the color values. You can also enter numeric values in the text boxes next to the color sliders.

An exclamation point inside a yellow triangle in the Color palette when using HSB or RGB color indicates that you have chosen an out-of-gamut color--that is, a color that cannot be printed using CMYK inks. The closest CMYK equivalent appears below the triangle. Click the CMYK equivalent to substitute it for the out-of-gamut color.

A cube above the yellow triangle in the Color palette when using RGB, HSB, or CMYK color indicates that you have not chosen a Web-safe color. Click the cube to substitute the closest Web-safe color.