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Seth Ellis
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Seth Ellis
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Posted by Seth Ellis
Seth Ellis
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illustrator foundations - color patterns and selecting objects section colors/hex#s

Hello,

I am currently working in illustrator foundations - color patterns and selecting objects section and I've run into a small issue. The color pallete that we download to color the moon icon will not come up in Adobe illustrator 5. I was hoping that you could share with me the colors/hex#s so that I can complete this lesson along with the instructor. Thanks!

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Allison Walker
Allison Walker
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Allison Walker
Allison Walker
17,137 Points

If you're using a Mac, the OS has a built in color picker called "DigitalColor Meter". You can use that to find the approximate color of anything on your screen.

If you're not using a Mac, you might be able to use a browser-based tool that does the same thing. You could even try to take a screenshot of Matt's screen, import it into Photoshop (assuming you have it), use the eyedropper tool, and that will tell you the color that Photoshop detects. I think you can try the same in Illustrator, but I don't have it open so I'm not sure...?

Here is a stackexchange question regarding sampling color in illustrator. http://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/6631/how-to-sample-actual-color-of-an-area-in-illustrator

Hope this helps!