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Using the Stroke Color and Fill Color controls in the toolbox

The Stroke Color and Fill Color controls in the toolbox let you select a solid stroke color or a solid or gradient fill color, switch the stroke and fill colors, or select the default stroke and fill colors (black stroke and white fill). Oval and rectangle objects (shapes) can have both stroke and fill colors. Text objects and brush strokes can have only fill colors. Lines drawn with the Line, Pen, and Pencil tools can have only stroke colors.

The toolbox Stroke Color and Fill Color controls set the painting attributes of new objects you create with the drawing and painting tools. To use these controls to change the painting attributes of existing objects, you must first select the objects on the Stage.

Note: Gradient swatches appear only in the Fill Color control.

To apply stroke and fill colors using the toolbox controls, do one of the following:

| Click the triangle next to the Stroke or Fill color box and choose a color swatch from the pop-up window. Gradients can be selected for the fill color only.
| Click the Color Picker button in the color pop-up window and choose a color from the Color Picker.
| Type a color's hexadecimal value in the text box in the color pop-up window.
| Click the Default Fill and Stroke button in the toolbox to return to the default color settings (white fill and black stroke).
| Click the No Color button in the color pop-up window to remove any stroke or fill.
| Note: The No Color button appears only when you are creating a new oval or rectangle. You can create a new object without a stroke or fill, but you cannot use the No Color button with an existing object. Instead, select the existing stroke or fill and delete it.
| Click the Swap Fill and Stroke button in the toolbox to swap colors between the fill and the stroke.