Adding Color
The Colors section of the Tools panel lets you choose the colors for your strokes and fills. Before you click one of the drawing icons to begin drawing (or afterward, to change existing colors), you can click either of the Stroke or Fill icons in the Color Section to bring up a color palette, as shown in Figure 2-23. Choose a color from the color palette, and Flash applies that color to the objects you draw.
Changing the Color of a Stroke (Line)
One of the best things about drawing in Flash is how easy it is to change things around. If you draw a bright orange line using the Pencil tool, for example, you can change that line an instant later to spruce, chartreuse, or puce (and then back to orange again) with just a few simple mouse clicks.
Note
In Flash, all lines are made up of strokes. The Flash drawing tools that produce strokes include the Pencil, the Pen, the Line, and the shape tools (Oval, Rectangle, and PolyStar).
Flash gives you two different ways to change the color of a stroke: the Property Inspector and the Ink Bottle tool.
Coloring strokes with the Property Inspector
Changing the color of a stroke using the Property Inspector is best for situations when you want to change the color of a single stroke or when you want to change more than just the color of a stroke (for example, you want to change stroke thickness or the color of the fill inside the stroke).
To change the color of a stroke using the Property Inspector:
On the Stage, select the stroke you want to change ...