8. Using Color to Enhance Artwork

Lesson overview

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:

  • Understand color modes and the main color controls.

  • Create, edit, and apply colors using a variety of methods.

  • Name and save colors.

  • Copy and paste appearance attributes from one object to another.

  • Work with color groups.

  • Be inspired creatively with the Color Guide panel.

  • Explore the Recolor Artwork command.

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This lesson will take about 75 minutes to complete. To get the lesson files used in this chapter, download them from the web page for this book at adobepress.com/IllustratorCIB2023. For more information, see “Accessing the lesson files ...

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