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A
Rainbow of Illustrator® 9 Gel Buttons
Part 3A |
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Changing The Color Of The Gel Button
55. Following are examples of green, blue
and purple buttons and their respective RGB values for
the fill colors of Objects 1 and 2 and the second color
of the gradient in Object 4.
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Object 1 |
Object 2 |
Object 4 |
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![](images/aigel59_01.gif) |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
G |
28 |
142 |
113 |
B |
14 |
71 |
56 |
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![](images/aigel59_02.gif) |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
G |
0 |
0 |
0 |
B |
28 |
142 |
113 |
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![](images/aigel59_03.gif) |
R |
28 |
142 |
113 |
G |
0 |
0 |
0 |
B |
28 |
142 |
113 |
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56. Here are more examples of yellow and
cyan buttons and their respective RGB values for the
fill colors of Objects 1 and 2 and the second color
of the gradient in Object 4.
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Object 1 |
Object 2 |
Object 4 |
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![](images/aigel60_01.gif) |
R |
128 |
255 |
227 |
G |
128 |
255 |
227 |
B |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
G |
128 |
255 |
227 |
B |
128 |
255 |
227 |
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57. Finally, here are examples of red
and lavender buttons and their respective RGB values
for the fill colors of Objects 1 and 2 and the second
color of the gradient in Object 4.
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Object 1 |
Object 2 |
Object 4 |
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R |
56 |
227 |
199 |
G |
0 |
0 |
0 |
B |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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R |
56 |
198 |
170 |
G |
0 |
0 |
0 |
B |
56 |
199 |
170 |
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In order to change the color of the button, you just
select Objects 1 and 2 and, in turn, change their fill
colors, then select Object 4 and change the second color
of the gradient fill. Following are step by step instructions.
58. Bring up the Layers palette and click all the triangles
(twirl-downs) to the left of the layer names and expand
them to reveal every object. Each vector object is labeled
<path>.
![](images/aigel62.gif)
59. Opt+click (Macintosh®)
/ Alt+click (Windows®) the
layer name of the bottom object in the stack to select
it. This is "Object 1". Its bounding box handles
will be active in the button.
![](images/aigel63.gif)
60. Bring up the Color palette and make sure the fill
box is selected. You will see the original color values
of this object.
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