Changing an object's line color

This lets you change the color of any line including the line around objects. You can also use this to make a line invisible.

To change an object’s line color

1. Select the object (see Selecting objects).

2. Right-click or Shift-click on a color on the Color Line.

Note:

If you apply a brush stroke to a line, settings in the Edit Brush dialog box control the types of color (if any) you can change. To display the Edit Brush dialog box:

1. Select the Freehand & Brush Tool.

2. Click Edit stroke.

3. Go to the Fill properties tab.

For more information on the Edit Brush dialog box, click its Help button.

Tips

There are several other ways of changing the line color which you may prefer to use:

Drag-and-drop a color from the Color Line (or the Color Gallery) onto the edge of any object (selected or unselected).

Select the object, select the color in the Color Gallery and then CTRL-click on the Apply button in the gallery.

Select the object, open the Color Editor and select "Local Line Color" from the drop-down list. Note that this makes the object's line color a local color if it was not already.

Select the object and double-click on the current line color on the swatch on the Color Line. If the object is outlined with a local color, you can then change it. If the object is outlined with a named color, you can edit the named color.

Select the object, open the Color Editor and select "Local Line Color" from the drop-down list. Then use the Color Picker (the "eye-dropper") to select any color on the screen (even colors in other windows).

To make the line invisible right-click or drag-and-drop 'No Color' (the hatched square on the Color Line).

Colors from the Color Line or Color Gallery: any subsequent changes to these colors automatically changes the line color of the object. See Changing named colors.

If the object is inside another object (for example, as part of a group), hold down CTRL and drag-and-drop from the Color Line or Color Gallery. See Apply inside.

When you drag a color, the pointer shows what will happen if you drop it:

The color will be applied as a line color.

The color will be applied as a (flat) fill color.

The color will be used to set the current fill color attribute. See Setting the current attributes.

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Related Topics

Color Line

Color Gallery

Color Editor

Colors overview

Changing fill color