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How to change color of watercolor brush art after clipping mask is made?

  • March 5, 2024
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My first foray into watercolor brushes and clipping mask. 
I'm creating a set of the files in CMYK as well as RGB but this particular blue I'm using turns to a much different blue when converted to CMYK. To remedy, I'm having to go in and select a new CMYK blue that more closely matches the RGB. 

I can't seem to access the blue of the watercolor to change it. I've tried regrouping then releasing the clipping mask then selecting the new blue color swatch but it either colors it in the wild outline pattern of the watercolor or fills it solid. 

To complicate matters, I touched up a few white spots that needed a bit more fill color, in slightly different brush but on the same layer, if that makes a difference. 

Any help much appreciated! 🙂

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks

I'm in the Advanced section but the default mode is HSA. Is there a way to switch to CMYK? 
Screenshot below.


You are still editing a single color/shade.

Click on the Edit button an use the HSB sliders to color correct the brushstrokes.

If your document is in CMYK mode, it will create CMYK Values.

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Ton Frederiks
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March 5, 2024

Did you already try Recolor Artwork?

Select all brushed artwork and choose the Advanced options.

It will let you adjust Hue Saturation and Brightness.

Known Participant
March 5, 2024

I got into that window, which I didn't even know about ( Illustrator novice here ) and got scared. 😂
Now I'm stressing eating but will go back and go into Advanced settings—this sounds promising! 

 

Ton Frederiks
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March 5, 2024

You are still editing a single color/shade.

Click on the Edit button an use the HSB sliders to color correct the brushstrokes.

If your document is in CMYK mode, it will create CMYK Values.


An example where only the Hue (H) is adjusted

Monika Gause
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March 5, 2024

These kind of artworks are pretty much impossible to recolor in a meaningful way.

It's a clipart, right?

Known Participant
March 5, 2024

No, it's created with watercolor brushes in Illustrator. 

 

Monika Gause
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Community Expert
March 5, 2024

Which ones? The default ones?

Or some precolored ones?

Ton Frederiks
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Community Expert
March 5, 2024

Does using Recolor Artwork help? 

Known Participant
March 5, 2024

Thank you, I'll experiment with that.