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Applying color in FreeHand
You can apply stroke and fill colors to objects, selected or not, by dragging color swatches from the Color Mixer or Tints panel or from the color list in the Swatches panel. You can apply colors to selected objects using the Stroke and Fill inspectors, or the pop-up color palettes in the Tools panel.
You can also apply colors by using the Eyedropper tool to drag colors from other objects in the active document.
The stroke and fill boxes on the Tools panel open a color palette that by default displays a list of Web-ready colors called Color Cubes. You can change the palette's display to show the color list from the Swatches panel.
For information on applying color to text, see Applying color to text and text blocks.
To apply color to a selected object, do one of the following:
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In the Swatches panel, drag a swatch to the Fill or Stroke color selector in the Swatches panel. |
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In the Swatches panel, click the Fill, Stroke, or Both selector, and then choose a color name in the color list. |
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In the Stroke or Fill inspector, choose Basic from the Stroke or Fill list, and then choose a color from the color list. |
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Click the stroke or fill color box in the Tools panel and select a color from the pop-up color palette.
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To apply color to an unselected object:
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Do one of the following: |
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Drag a color swatch from the color box in the Color Mixer or Tints panel onto the object's stroke or fill. |
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Drag a color swatch from the color list onto the object's stroke or fill. |
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After you have dragged a color swatch over an object and before you release the mouse button, you can use one of the following keys to change how the color is applied. |
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Hold down Shift as you release the mouse button to apply the color only to an object's fill. |
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Hold down Control-Shift (Windows) or Command (Macintosh) as you release the mouse button to apply the color only to an object's stroke. |
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To apply color using the Eyedropper tool:
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Select the Eyedropper from the Tools panel.
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Position the pointer over the color that you want to apply. |
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Drag the color to the object to which you'll apply the color. |
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To change the display of the pop-up color palettes:
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Click the stroke or fill color box in the Tools panel to display the color palette. |
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Click the triangle in the upper right corner of the palette to display the Options pop-up menu, and choose Swatches or Color Cubes. |
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