Adobe Illustrator CS3 User Manual
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A. Active color group B. Get Colors From Selected Art C. Colors from selected artwork D. New colors from active color group E. Exclude
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F. Recolor Artwork
For a video on assigning colors in Live Color, see
Assign new colors to selected artwork
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Select the artwork you want to recolor.
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Choose Edit > Edit Colors > Recolor Artwork.
The Live Color dialog box opens, displaying the Assign area with colors from the original artwork in both columns.
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If you want to assign colors from a color group, do one of the following:
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Choose a color group from the Color Groups list.
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Create a new color group by selecting a new harmony rule from the menu from the Harmony Rules menu.
Note: If you create a new color group, you can click Edit to fine tune the colors, and then click Assign. Or, if you want to
adjust a few colors in the selected artwork, select the color you want to adjust and edit it with the color sliders.
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To preview the color changes in your artwork, click Recolor Art.
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Do any of the following to reassign colors:
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To assign a current color to a different color, drag the current color up or down in the Current Colors column until
it’s adjacent to the new color you want.
If a row contains multiple colors and you want to move them all, click the selector bar at the left of the row and
drag up or down.
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To assign a new color to a different row of current colors, drag the new color up or down in the New column.
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