Creating multi-stage fills
Applies to Linear, Circular, Elliptical, Conical and Diamond fills. Multi-stage fills let you have several different colors in your fill. So, a fill could run red-green-red yellow; you have full control over the colors used and where the colors change.
To create a multi-stage fill
See Applying fills for details of creating a suitable fill.
1. Select the object (see Selecting objects).
2. Choose the Fill Tool - this displays the Fill arrow.
3. Drag-and-drop colors from the Color Line or Color Gallery onto the Fill arrow (see Notes.) This creates new color handles.
Notes:
Conical fills have a semicircular Fill arrow. Other fill types have straight Fill arrows. Always drag-and-drop colors onto the arrow.
To change the start or end colors, see Changing the colors in fills.
You can also double-click on the Fill arrow to create a new color handle. then either select a color in the Color Line, Color Gallery or Color Editor.
Elliptical and Diamond fills have a pair of Fill arrows. You can apply colors to only one of these arrows. (The arrow that was horizontal when you created the fill - this is the "primary" arrow.)
The Selector Tool can also display the Fill arrow. See Enabling fill handles.
You can also create multicolored fills by using rainbow and alt-rainbow effects from the Fill Tool Infobar.
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