Apple Keynote 1 - Manual (Page 48)

Changing Object Properties 47
Color Gradients
If you want to fill an object with a color gradient, select Gradient Fill from the pop-up menu,
and then follow the steps listed above, making two separate color selections. For example, if
you want the color of your object to blend from green into blue, select a shade of green for
one color well, and a shade of blue for the other color well. You can also set the direction of
the gradient using the Angle wheel.
Selecting Colors
The Colors window is used to make color selections for text, shapes, backgrounds, and
shadows in Keynote.
To open the Colors window:
m Choose View > Colors (or click Colors in the toolbar).
m Or click a color well in one of the inspector panes.
This circle has a
gradient fill set at an
angle of 32º.
Click each color well to
make color selections.
Set the direction of the gradient with
the Angle wheel, or type in a value.
Click the double-headed
arrow to invert the gradient.
The color selected in the color
wheel appears in this color box.
Use the slider to set lighter or
darker hues in the color wheel.
Drag colors from the color box to
store them in the color palette.
Click to select a color in the
color wheel.