Illustrator: Coloring Artwork

Learn how to speed up your workflow and maximize color choice and control in Adobe Illustrator.

Introduction

• Welcome
• New features
• Customizing the Illustrator workspace for this course

1. Color Concepts with Illustrator

• Which color mode, CMYK or RGB?
• Understanding the HSB color model
• Working with color harmonies

2. Find and Create Colors

• Mixing custom colors with the Color panel
• Working with the Swatches panel and process colors
• Global swatch process colors
• Spot colors for special processes
• Swatch libraries: Pantone
• Swatch libraries: Illustrator preset color groups
• Exploring colors with the Color Guide panel
• Working with the Color Themes panel
• Create and discover color themes with Adobe Color
• Create a color theme with Adobe Capture

3. Organize and Share Colors

• Organizing colors into groups
• Editing color groups and themes
• Create swatches and groups from artwork
• CC Library colors and themes
• Creating custom CC Libraries
• Sharing and collaborating with libraries

4. Coloring Artwork

• Using the Eyedropper tool to find and paint color
• Live Paint Bucket tool
• Coloring line art with Live Paint Bucket

5. Recolor Existing Colors

• Color Theme Picker
• Recolor Artwork tool updates
• Tour of Recolor Artwork
• Working with swatch tints
• Protecting black, white, and gray
• Making global color adjustments
• Explore color variations with color groups
• Recolor patterns and symbols

6. Practical Use Color Conversion

• Remapping colors to brand identified colors
• Convert RGB swatches to CMYK swatches
• Convert process colors to Pantone colors
• Find and fix RGB blacks for offset printing
• Convert colors to grayscale with control

Conclusion

• Next steps