Changing the colors in diamond fills

After creating a diamond fill you can easily change the start and end colors. Alternatively you can create a multi-stage fill.

To change the colors in a diamond fill

Simply drag a color from the Color Line or the Color Gallery onto the filled object. When over the object, the shape of the mouse pointer shows whether the color will be applied to the center or outside of the fill ellipse:

Dropping the color will apply it to the outside (end handle) of the diamond fill

Dropping the color will apply it to the center (start handle) of the diamond fill

Tips

You can also apply colors direct to the fill handles. Click on a fill handle to select it and then either:

click on a color on the Color Line,

or double-click a color in the Color Gallery,

or select a color in the Color Gallery and click Apply.

Caution: if there are no fill handles selected, this method creates a flat fill.

If you have several objects selected, you can select all fill handles of a particular type (for example all the start handles) by CTRL+Shift-clicking on one of the handles. Use Shift-click to deselect a handle or select an unselected handle.

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Related Topics

Fill Tool

Fills overview

Color Line

Color Gallery

Applying diamond fills