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Fill only one of multiple selections

Forum|Forum|4 months ago
January 24, 2026
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I have a bunch of intersecting paths that are forming random triangles. Ctrl+click to select. I want to fill the triangles one by one, changing colors in between.

That used to be easy in CC! Leave "contiguous" off, and it would just fill in the single area you filled with your bucket. Can I not do this in 27.2.0 (Win 11)?

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barbara_a7746676

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Select the shapes. Get a hard-edged brush and paint over each area separately swith the color you want.

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Contiguous restrains a fill to a boundery of a different tone.

If you use the paint bucket or Alt backspace with non intersecting selections, it's going to fill all of the selected area.

That's how it works.

barbara_a7746676

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With the object selected, use the Live Paint Bucket tool. Select a color and click the area you want to fill.

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With the object selected, use the Live Paint Bucket tool.
By @barbara_a7746676

The "Live Paint Bucket" tool is in Illustrator, not Photoshop. Do you mean the "Paint Bucket" tool?

Jane

barbara_a7746676

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Oops. Of course your right!