Where Is the Color Guide in Illustrator?
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Click the Color Guide panel icon on the right side of the workspace to open the panel. Click the Set As Base Color button. This allows the Color Guide panel to suggest colors based on the color showing in the Set As Base Color button. Next you’ll experiment with the colors in the logo.

How do I add color guides in Illustrator?

Choose Edit > Preferences > Smart Guides (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > Smart Guides (Mac OS) to set the following preferences:

  1. Color. Specifies the color of the guides.
  2. Alignment Guides. …
  3. Anchor/Path Labels. …
  4. Measurement Labels. …
  5. Object Highlighting. …
  6. Transform Tools. …
  7. Construction Guides. …
  8. Snapping Tolerance.

What is Color Guide panel?

Color Guide panel suggests harmonious colors based on the current color in the Tools panel. It helps to pick harmony rules such as color tints, analogous colors, and much more. This panel is a useful way to create color variations in artwork.

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