Layer Color

Question

Is there a way to set it to where when you make a new layer, the new layer color is not the current color on your fill/stroke in the toolbar? So if my current stroke color is red, and I create a new layer, the last thing I want is for the new layer's color to be red because when I create shapes, the nodes and lines are all the same color as my stroke, so i have to manually go in and change the layer color to something like green so I can actually see them. Hope that makes sense? It's an extra step I find annoying. I realize I can choose a different color, then create a new layer, then go back to the color I had, but again, that's an extra step. Just wondering if this can be set to be either random or some automatic opposite color.

Monika Gause · Accepted Answer

Unfortunately Illustrator has an order of layer colors to use hardwired into the app. Please post feature requests to http://illustrator.uservoice.com

tromboniator · Answer

Has this happened more than once? with different colors? If you have red chosen as a stroke color and then create a second layer, then only by coincidence will the colors be the same: the default color for a second layer is red, regardless of what stroke color you have selected. If you create a third layer, the layer color should be the default green, regardless of the chosen fill or stroke color. There should be no link at all between stroke or fill colors and the color designating a layer.

Peter

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