Changing an object's fill color

You can easily change the color of the center of objects
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To change an object’s fill color

1. Select the object (see Selecting objects).

2. Click on a color on the Color Line (at the bottom of the window).

Tips

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

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

Select the object, select the color in the Color Gallery and click the Apply button in the gallery.

Select the object, open the Color Editor and change the color. Note that this makes the object's color a local color
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Select the object and double-click on the current fill color panel on the Color Line. If the object is filled with a local color, you can then change it. If the object is filled with a named color, you can edit the named color.

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

To remove the fill color of an object (to make it hollow), apply 'No Color' (the hatched square on the Color Line) to the object.

Colors from the Color Line or Color Gallery: any subsequent changes to these colors automatically changes the 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
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When you drag a color, the pointer shows what will happen if you drop it:

The color will be applied as a (flat) fill color or to a color handle of a multi-stage fill.

The color will be applied as a line color.

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

Movie—click below (not working in this version)

Coloring objects

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Related Topics

Color Line

Color Gallery

Color Editor

Colors overview

Changing line color