Tutorial > Use the Tools panel to apply different stroke and fill colors

 

Use the Tools panel to apply different stroke and fill colors

Earlier in the tutorial, you used the Stroke and Fill inspectors to determine the colors of your objects. You'll now use the Stroke and Fill color boxes in the Tools panel to select colors for the polygons you're about to draw.

As you work on a FreeHand file, you can take colors that you've mixed, or colors that you use frequently, and add them to a list of swatches that save with the document. Later in the tutorial you will mix and add a color to your swatches. Now, however, you will work with colors already included in your list of swatches.

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In the Tools panel, click the Stroke color box to view the color palette.

2

If None is not selected in the Stroke Type pop-up menu, click the None button.

The shape that you're about to draw will not need a stroke color.

3

In the Tools panel, click the Fill color box to view the color palette.

4

Click the triangle in the upper right corner of the palette and select Swatches.

As you move the eyedropper over a color on the color list, a tooltip appears that indicates the name of the color.

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Click Gold Mid-Tone in the list of colors to select it.