Adobe Illustrator CC Classroom in a Book (2019 Release), First Edition

Select the swatch named “Light blue.”

Notice that the gradient slider starts from the center of the ellipse and points to the right. The

dashed circle around the gradient slider indicates that it is a radial gradient. You can set

additional options for radial gradients, as you’ll soon see.

4. 
   

   Press Escape to hide the panel.

   
   


5. 
   

   Move the pointer beneath the gradient slider, in the middle. When the pointer with a plus sign (
   ) appears, click to add another color to the gradient (see the first part of the following
   figure).

   
   


6. 
   

   Double-click the new color stop. In the panel that appears, make sure that the Swatches option
   is selected, and select the swatch named “Dark blue.”

   
   

Tip

When you edit a color stop that has a swatch applied, you can easily see which swatch

is applied because it is highlighted in the panel.

7. Change Location to 45%. Press Enter or Return to change the value and hide the panel.