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paulg49686026
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March 13, 2019
Question

Changing Fill color in Illustrator doesn't register as a change.

  • March 13, 2019
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So I've got a weird thing happening in Illustratror 23.0.2: Whenever I change the color of an object (eg, say I have a rectangle with fill, and I change the color of the fill by entering values in the color panel), illustrator changes the color just fine, but doesn't register what I just did as a change. A little asterisk doesn't pop up by the file name to indicate I have unsaved changes. If I save the file, then close and reopen, it's like the color change never took place. If I hit "undo" the color reverts, but it also undoes the action that came immediately before the color change. If I change several colors in a row and hit undo, they all revert, as does whatever action I took before the color change.

Anyone else experiencing this behavior? Any ideas on what might be happening or how to fix it?

3 replies

jane-e
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Community Expert
March 13, 2019

Hi Paul,

Please select the object and show a screen shot of the object and the Appearance panel so we can troubleshoot. Thank you!

~ Jane

paulg49686026
Participating Frequently
March 13, 2019

Hi Jane,

I've attached a screenshot. Color panel is top right, appearance panel bottom left. (I have the same issue whether I enter new color numbers from the Appearance or the Color panel.

jane-e
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 13, 2019

paulg49686026  wrote

I have the same issue whether I enter new color numbers from the Appearance or the Color panel.

Hi Paul,

Try creating a swatch from the Swatches panel and applying the Swatch instead of an unnamed color. Does that work?

Jane

Monika Gause
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Community Expert
March 13, 2019

Which system is it and when did you last restart the computer?

Also: where is the file located?

paulg49686026
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March 13, 2019

Hi Monika, I'm on Mojave 10.14, I last restarted the computer this morning. I've been dealing with this for over a month now though, and just finally got  fed up enough to ask for help.

The file I'm currently working on is on a server, but I still have the same issue if I'm working on a file on my local machine.

jane-e
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 13, 2019

Paul, Mojave has had several patches. Are you still in the original 10.14 or are there any more numbers after that? It makes a difference with bugs that have been fixed and bugs that have been reintroduced.

macpawel
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March 13, 2019

Color panel is a place you can prepare a nwe own color for later usage

It doen't change your image - it's a reason

If you celect object and change color it should works fine

paulg49686026
Participating Frequently
March 13, 2019

Thanks for the reply macpawel! I should have been more specific; my bad.

I am selecting the object I wish to change the fill or stroke of, and then changing the color of said object in the color panel, by entering new color numbers.

Am I misusing the color panel somehow?

Thanks again!