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_Hannah_Ucol_
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March 7, 2008
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changing colors for patterns? help anyone?

  • March 7, 2008
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I was in my Adobe Illustrator class earlier in college and our professor taught us how to change the colors for our patterns under any swatch. For example, the orange polka dot swatch I switched it to hot pink...we did that using the direct selection tool and changing the fill. I did the same thing on a Mac at our school (we have a Mac lab for all the Graphic Communication classes) and it worked fine but when I tried doing the same thing at home with my Windows PC it didn't work. How can I switch and play around with the colors for pattern swatches on a Windows? Thanks, much help appreciated!!
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    chris19d
    chris19d
    Participant
    September 11, 2014

    Go to Object: Pattern: Edit Pattern. You can select a dot and apply a color to it and repeat this step as desired. When your done save the copy and when you exit the pattern editing mode, the changes should be shown on your pattern swatch. I'm very new to this program and just had to figure this out for myself.

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      tiffanyw24005452
      Participant
      February 14, 2018

      I'm three years, wait four years late but this worked amazing!!!

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      _Rob_Hecker__
      Participant
      March 8, 2008
      Alternate method in CS3 only:

      draw a rectangle and apply your pattern to the fill. Now go to Edit > Edit Colors > Recolor artwork. Make your color changes in the applet, then save swatch with a new name.
      Jacob Bugge
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      Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 8, 2008
      Hi Bert. Have you answered the survey?
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      Bert-Bert
      Participating Frequently
      March 8, 2008
      Double Click the Pattern Swatch right in the palette. On the artboard appears an expanded swatch, make changes, then drag the edited version onto the palette, and follow the dialog boxes.

      There can be minor complications regarding bounding boxes and stuff, but what the hey!

      Bert
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      ceilr
      Inspiring
      February 25, 2014

      Hi,

      I am using CS5 on a PC.

      I chose the pattern fill Capsules and double-clicked on the swatch, to no avail.  A dialog box came up, and I selected Brights (although all I want is the yellow, not all five colors!).  But nothing happened.  I'm finding the dialog box to be a little mystifying, frankly.

      I want to keep the capsules in black, and change the background to yellow from the Swatches palette.  Is this possible?  And if so, what's the process?

      Monika Gause
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      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 25, 2014

      Please show a screenshot.

      Apart from that: give Edit > Edit Colors > Recolor art a try.

      More on this function -> see manual

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