Illustrator won't let me fill in color

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
July 26, 2023
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I'm very beginner so I have no clue where to even begin looking for the reason why.

I'm attempting to color fill using the live paint bucket tool, but Illustrator blocks it on every layer. Mousing over the layers, there's a little circle with a dash through it next to the paint tool by my cursor.

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Correct answer Doug A Roberts

It looks like you've only got a path selected. The live paint tool works by filling areas bounded by paths. If there's no boundaries, there's nothing to fill.

Kurt Gold

Community Expert

Also, take a look at the Gap Detection options when using Live Paint.

Doug A Roberts

Correct answer

Community Expert

It looks like you've only got a path selected. The live paint tool works by filling areas bounded by paths. If there's no boundaries, there's nothing to fill.

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James31122511rrnoAuthor

Participant

I appreciate it! Thank you.

Mylenium

Legend

It might really help if you actually read the online help. That's just not how things in AI work. You simply select the object and change its fill color in the attributes or by directly clicking on a color swatch/ changing the color sliders. The Live Paint tools have a different meaning and would require the artwork to be converted to a Live paint group first.

Mylenium

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James31122511rrnoAuthor

Participant

I appreciate the feedback, thank you!

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