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8. Wonderful Color > Create and apply a gradient
Create and apply a gradient
A gradient blends from one color to another, or from different tints of the same color. The gradation can be radical or very subtle. It’s easy to overdo gradients because they are so pretty and so fun to create, so try to restrain yourself from littering them all over the place!
Task 13 Create a gradient
1 Make sure nothing is selected (either click on an empty space or go to the Edit menu and choose “Deselect All”).
2 Open the Swatches panel, and from the panel menu, choose “New Gradient Swatch....”
3 Single-click on the first color stop, shown circled below.
4 Adjust or choose a color: Either drag the sliders, or from the “Stop Color” menu, choose “Swatches” and choose a color from your list.
5 Click on the end color stop and adjust or choose a color for it.
