Working with Color Swatches

You can save a new color or gradient for the duration of your work session by adding the color currently displayed in the Color Mixer panel to the Color Swatches panel. The Fill Color and Stroke Color controls found in the Tools panel, Properties tab of the Property inspector, and Color Mixer panel also give you quick access to the current set of swatches; you'll learn more about these controls later in this chapter.

To add a color or gradient to the Color Swatches panel

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Create a new color or gradient using any of the techniques outlined in the preceding sections.

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In the Color Mixer panel, do either of the following: From the Options menu, choose Add Swatch (Figure 2.12). Figure 2.12. The Color Mixer panel's Options menu has a command for adding the current color to the Color Swatches panel. Position the pointer over the blank area of the Color Swatches panel; when the paint-bucket pointer appears, click. Flash adds the new solid color or gradient to the appropriate section of the Color Swatches panel (Figure 2.13). Figure 2.13. Positioning the pointer over a blank spot in the Color Swatches panel changes the pointer to a paint-bucket. Click to add whatever color is currently specified in the Color Mixer panel. Solid color swatches are added to the upper half of the Color Swatches panel; gradient swatches, to the lower half.