Color, Swatches, and Gradients Flashcards
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What tool creates a gradient mesh for complex multi-directional color blends?
Answer: Mesh tool
The Mesh tool creates a gradient mesh with editable points that hold different colors.
What are the intersection points on a gradient mesh called?
Answer: Mesh points
Mesh points are the editable intersections on a mesh that can each hold a color.
Which menu command converts a path object into a gradient mesh object?
Answer: Object > Create Gradient Mesh
Object > Create Gradient Mesh converts a filled object into an editable mesh with specified rows and columns.
Once an object is converted to a gradient mesh, can it be returned to a regular path easily?
Answer: No, the conversion is not simply reversible
Converting to a gradient mesh is a structural change that cannot be cleanly reversed back to a simple fill.
How do you recolor a single mesh point without affecting others?
Answer: Select that mesh point and apply a new color
Selecting an individual mesh point and applying a color changes only that point's contribution to the blend.
What does the Recolor Artwork feature primarily allow you to do?
Answer: Globally edit and reassign colors across selected artwork
Recolor Artwork lets you remap, reduce, and edit all colors in a selection at once.
In Recolor Artwork, what does locking a color harmony do?
Answer: Keeps related colors changing together proportionally
Linking colors in Recolor Artwork keeps them adjusting together based on the harmony rule.