Color Enhancements in Illustrator

[HARSHIKA_VERMA]

Hey everyone!

With the latest release, Illustrator’s engineering team has rolled out exciting color enhancements—shaped directly by your feedback. These updates now allow you to apply gradients using your existing fill and access recent colors instantly.

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Enhancements in Illustrator 29.8.1

Copy color values instantly Illustrator now enables you to copy color values directly from the Color panel, Color Picker, New Swatches, or Swatch Options dialog. Simply pick a color, select to copy its hex value, and instantly share it across documents or brand assets. For more details, check out this article.

Enhancements in Illustrator 29.7

Apply gradients using your existing fill When you apply a gradient in Illustrator, it automatically uses the object's fill color as the starting point. This simplifies the transition from solid colors to gradients, making it ideal for shading buttons, icons, or shapes without needing to reselect colors.
Access recent colors instantly Illustrator now automatically adds recently used colors to the Color and Swatches panel, allowing you to quickly apply recent colors across documents without the need to manually create swatches.

Enhancements in Illustrator 29.5

Apply colors instantly with enhanced Hex code input.

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[creative explorer]

I use 'Access recent colors instantly' in Figma, so, it's nice to see that Adobe added this for Illustrator! 

[johnson_8344]

Thanks for the update, Harshika!  Love the gradient-from-fill and recent colors features—such great time-savers. Keep up the great work!