How do I change the color of a gradient mesh?

[chrissydetroit]

For some reason it always comes out white. How do I change it to any other color? I want it to be black. The first thing I did was went to edit, edit colors, recolor artwork. But the outside was black and the inside was still white (2nd pic) Thanks in advance for help.

[Monika Gause]

In the recolor artwork dialog box click on the "options" and then deselect "White", so that it can be recolored.

it's this button:

[chrissydetroit]

It still looks the same when I uncheck "White".

[Monika Gause]

Or just click on the new color and then define a different color. Recolor Artwork doesn't do anything on its own.

Please read the documentation.

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/color-groups-harmonies.html#edit_colors_recolor_artwork_di...

[barbara_a]

If this is a gradient mesh, you should be able to drag a color onto the white area to recolor it.