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User Guide
“Using the Appearance palette” on page 419
“Printing and exporting transparent artwork” on page 484
Gradients, meshes, and color blends
About gradients, meshes, and color blends
Depending on the effect you want, you can use the following methods to apply blends or color gradients to objects.
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To apply a graduated blend of colors as you would apply any other color, create a gradient fill . Creating a gradient
fill is a good way to create a smooth color gradation across one or more objects. You can save a gradient as a swatch
to make it easy to apply the gradient to multiple objects.
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To create a single, multicolored object on which colors can flow in different directions—and transition smoothly
from one point to another—create a
mesh object . By creating a fine mesh on an object and manipulating the color
characteristics at each point in the mesh, you can precisely manipulate the coloring of the mesh object. You can
also apply color to four mesh points at the same time by clicking the patch between them to create broad color
changes on a portion of the object.
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To create blends of colors, opacities, and shapes between objects, use the Blend command or the Blend tool. You
select the beginning and ending shapes, opacities, and colors, and Illustrator creates the intermediate steps to
create the final blend.
About the Gradient palette
You use the Gradient palette to create and modify gradients. To display the palette, choose Window > Gradient.
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Gradient palette
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Gradient Fill box
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Gradient Slider
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palette menu
Click the Gradient Fill box to apply a gradient to the selected object. Use the Gradient Slider to adjust gradient stops
(the point at which a gradient changes from one color to the next).
By default, only the most commonly used options are visible in the Gradient palette. To show all options, choose
Show Options from the palette menu. Alternatively, click the double triangle on the palette’s tab to cycle through the
display sizes.
See also
“To work with palettes” on page 31