Hands-on Tutorial

Intermediate

5 min

Change the color of artwork effortlessly

Unsure which color direction to take your project? Then try these easy techniques to create three color variations in no time.

Start with core concepts

This video shows the simple process for making multiple versions of a poster using Recolor Artwork, a technique you can use in other projects.

What you'll learn

Select artwork

Easily select all of the artwork in your poster to prepare for recoloring.

Recolor artwork

Quickly change the color of your artwork using Recolor Artwork. You can adjust the colors together or separately and experiment with built-in color palettes.

Sample color from an image

Use the Color Theme Picker to grab color from a raster image or vector artwork and apply it intelligently to selected artwork.

Save your colors as swatches

With your poster versions created, easily save the colors for each in the Swatches panel so you can use them on other artwork.


Instructor

Brian Wood

Designer

Cameron Wray 

Adobe Stock Contributors

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November 2, 2022

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