Illustrator - Fill Color Between Two Path

Hi there,

I would like to know if the steps suggested above worked for you, or the issue still persists.

Kindly update the discussion if you need further assistance with it.

Thanks,

Srishti

Now that you've made it a Live Paint group, the suggestions above give you most of the ways out of it.

But on a more fundamental level, a closed path inside another closed path (which is what you had before you made it a Live Paint object) can be filled in the way you want by simply making them a Compound Path. With both selected, choose Object > Path > Compound Path > Make (or just press Ctrl/Cmd+8).

The easiest way to do that is to add fill color to the 2 paths and use the shape builder + Alt to delete the shape in the center.

You can follow Eugenio's instructions above, but my guess is you made a live paint group with just the outer path selected. Do what the error message says; select both paths and either click 'Merge Live Paint' in the control bar or go to Object > Live Paint > Merge.

Hi

Option 1: you don't have to create a live paint group. Select the 2 shapes and go to object menu, compound path

Option 2: use the shape builder tool, with bought elements selected, hold down the key alt (option) and click inside

Option 3: use the Pathfinder panel and use the second icon minus front

and many other ways

I hope that helps

E