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Introduction to Adobe Illustrator's Edit Colors Module

These diagrams are to be used for pretest study and mid-test reference. The User Interface for many of Illustrators' windows are a bit complex. These diagrams will help you to remember the primary buttons and their use.

The "Assign" side

1. Set Current Color as the Base Color
2. Active Colors
3. Harmony Rules
4. Name of Color Group being used
5. Get Colors from Selected Art
6. Save Changes to Color Group
7. New Color Group
8. Delete Color Group
9. Color Groups
10. Limits the color group to colors in a swatch library
11. Click on Colors above to find them in the artwork
12. Randomly changes brightness and saturation
13. Randomly change color order
14. Specifies the mode of the color adjustment sliders
15. New Row
16. Current Colors
17. Specifies a coloring preset
18. Color Reduction Options
19. Controls how many colors will appear in the recolored artwork
20. Edit active colors
21. Control how artwork is recolored

The "Edit" side

1. Display smooth color wheel
2. Display segmented color wheel
3. Display color bars
4. Adjust brightness
5. Show saturation and hue on wheel
6. Show brightness and hue on wheel
7. Add color tool
8. Remove color tool
9. Link harmony colors

Adobe® Illustrator®s' Library Palette Windows

The Color Guide window is not actually a "Library" window. It is included here because of its use within the instruction.