Separating text

It seems like you would be able to color the R without breaking it apart.

Start with the R

Draw lines where the paths are open and need to change color.

Select everything and use the Live Paint Bucket tool to fill in areas.

Object > Live Paint > Expand will give you a group of closed paths.

Ungroup or use the Direct Selection tool to select and delete the extra lines.

Jeffrey,

You may (Smart Guides are you friends), after Ungrouping if the paths are Grouped:

1) Create one path with a small Stroke Weight across the four ends with the Pen Tool, it will straight to the left and curved to the right following the upper part, so probably you can Click at the leftmost Anchor Point where the leftmost leg part meets the upper part, then ShiftClickDrag horizontally to the right where the straightness changes into curvature (just drag about a third of the distance to the end), then finally ClickDrag at the rightmost Anchor Point where the rightmost leg part meets the upper part, this will be the first draft; you may try to adjust that last Handle to a first best fit of the curved part; make sure tha path really does extend to the outermost Anchor Points;

2) Deselect, then switch back and forth between the two smooth Anchor Points by Clicking them with the Direct Selection Tool and ClickDragging the Handles until you have a good final fit;

3) Select the path from 2) with the normal Selection Tool, then Object>Path>Divide Objects Below.

Now you should have the four leg parts as individual paths which you can relolour (two of).

Hi,

try this:

https://vimeo.com/user28889526/review/301253760/ff2e30b082