I was having similar issue with eye dropper not pickup up colors from shapes or embedded images. Turning OFF Transparency and Overprint (under Focal Fill) in Eyedropper Options allowed me to at least select all colors again. Must be a bug..

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socawoo

Participant

This solved my problem, thanks!

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SteveBlaylock

Participant

Hi Rick,

So I was just having the same issue and i know this post is from months ago, but this might be helpful.

The eyedropper tool has fundamentally changed to give us many copy/paste options to change many properties of objects. The new tool in the same toolset is called the "Color Theme Tool" which is specifically for color. It allows you to sample an object and choose any color associated with it, like the fill, stroke, etc. Then you choose the desired color and go to the object you want to apply it to and it gives you options as to how to apply the color. This is a new tool for me but once I figured it out, I actually like it better than the original eyedropper tool.

I hope this helps!

Steve

ceyhun_akgun

Legend

Are you sure the options are all checked?Are you sure the options are all checked?

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Baha2omar

Participant

how i can get this window ??

minimumsix9977

Known Participant

Hit "enter/return" with the eydropper tool selected. Most Illustrator tools have additonal options like this, accessible by hitting "enter/return" with the given tool selected. Great for precise rotations with the rotate tool or setting paramters with the blob brush tool, etc.