Display the color picker, Display only web-safe colors, View color swatches instead of the color spectrum – Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 User Manual
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Color
Last updated 6/5/2015
A Color field B HSB color values C New color rectangle D Original color rectangle E Color slider F Color spectrum G RGB color values
H Hexadecimal color value I CMYK color values
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Display the Color Picker
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Double-click the fill or stroke color selection box in the Tools panel or Color panel.
Change the color spectrum displayed in the Color Picker
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Click a letter: H (Hue), S (Saturation), B (Brightness), R (Red), G (Green), or B (Blue).
Display only web-safe colors
Web-safe colors are those colors used by all web browsers, regardless of the platform.
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Select Only Web Colors.
View color swatches instead of the color spectrum
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Click Color Swatches. Click Color Models to return to view the color spectrum.
Select colors using the Color Picker
Do any of the following:
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Click or drag inside the color spectrum. A circular marker indicates the color’s position in the spectrum.
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Drag the triangles along the color slider or click inside the color slider.
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Enter values in any of the text boxes.
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Click Color Swatches, select a swatch, and click OK.