Making a color picker style color wheel

[MarieMeyer]

I want to make a color picker style color wheel, somewhat like this, but with my own color selection:

Is there a way to do this by creating a segmented circle and then blending the colors of the segments together somehow? I want grayer colors in the center, so in fact I would have multiple segment circles of different diameters stacked on top of each other. After their interiors are blended, I would then need to blend them together radially.

Or am I going about this all wrong: should I be using lines that are gray near the center and progressively more colorful on the ends and then have Illustrator blend the space between them?

[Monika Gause]

You could use:

- the blend function as you already wrote

- freeform gradients

- gradient meshes

Which one applies, depends upon the exact nature of your design. It's not clear to me, how you imagine it to be, so maybe try all of them out?

[MarieMeyer]

See how this one blends in the circular direction but also from the center outward?

[Monika Gause]

Your idea with blending lines should work for that.

[MarieMeyer]

It is a pretty vague idea, and I don't know how to execute on it. Could you explain?

[Jacob Bugge · Accepted solution]

Marie,

As I (mis)understand it, you can (also):

1) Create a circle of the desired size with a white Fill;

2) Create a stroked circle at half the size with the same Stroke Weight and apply the desired basic Gradient along the stroke, obviously starting and ending with the same colour;

3) Create a circle like the one in 1), only with a radial Gradient from black to white;

4) Select 2) and 3) and make an (Opacity) Mask, then adjust the Gradient Slider to obtain the desired radial colour transition.

[Galaxy35594873vw18]

This worked well for me, thank you!

[Jacob Bugge]

You are welcome, Galaxy, and thank you for sharing.

Good to know if you need help, and unknown to most, it is quite easy to directly show images in posts, hence the following general suggestion:

Please show images by using the Insert Photos button (looks like moon over mountains) for each at the top of the reply box which makes everything appear right there in your post together with your text, rather than he more conspicuous Drag&drop attachment which requires helpers to open a new tab for each image and wait for its showing, then go back and forth; and if they just click it and wait for its showing and press the X to get back to the text, the image is gone, so if they need another look they have to open it again and wait to see it again.

[Ton Frederiks · Accepted solution]

You can use a gradient across a stroke.

This is a 130 pt circle with a 130 pt stroke.

[vic_adgraphix]

Yes! And then overlay a circle with a radial gradient in desired grey percentage (0-100% opacity) ... if that's the look you're afterr?