Adobe Illustrator CS4 - Manual (Page 122)

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Color
Note: Recolor Art will recolor selected artwork when you click OK to close the dialog box. If you don’t want to recolor
the selected art, make sure to deselect this option before clicking OK.
6 Type a name in the Name box to the right of the Harmony Rules menu, and click New Color Group .
Note: if the New Color Group icon is not visible, click the Show Color Group Storage icon .
7 To save the new color group to the Swatches panel, click OK and close the Edit Colors/Recolor Artwork dialog box.
Note: You can also create a color group by using the Color Guide. (See “ Create a color group in the Color Guide panel ”
on page 113.)
Edit colors in the Edit Colors dialog box
Editing colors in the Edit Colors/Recolor Artwork dialog box is a convenient way to globally adjust the colors in
selected artwork. It is especially useful when global colors weren't originally used in the artwork’s creation. You can
edit colors and color groups in the Edit Colors/Recolor Artwork dialog box and apply your edits to selected artwork,
or save the edited colors for later use.
When editing colors, you use the smooth color wheel, the segmented color wheel, or the color bars.
Editing colors by moving color markers on the smooth color wheel
Smooth color wheel Displays hue, saturation, and brightness in a smooth continuous circle. Each color in the
current color group is drawn on the wheel inside a circle. This wheel lets you choose from numerous colors with great
precision, but it can be hard to see individual colors because every pixel is a different color.
Segmented color wheel Displays colors as a set of segmented color patches. This wheel makes it easy to see
individual colors, but doesn’t provide as many colors to choose from as the continuous wheel.
Color bars Displays only colors from the color group. They appear as solid bars of color that you can select and edit
individually. You can reorganize colors in this display by dragging and dropping color bars to the left or right. You can
right-click a color and choose to remove it, set it as the base color, change its shade, or change it using the Color Picker.