I really loved the mix of lights, darks, warms, and cools and the image just really made me feel the same sense of peace that I feel when I take a walk in the mountains.īecause I’m going to be creating patterns with an outdoor/mountain west theme, this seemed like a perfect place to start. I’ve tried to find the name of the photographer to give a shout-out, but I can’t seem to find it. Make the image that you want to change active, and then choose Image > Adjustments > Match Color. I chose this painting I made from an amazing reference photo that was included in my Squarespace template. This can be a photo, a painting, a drawing, whatever you’d like. The first step in our process is to choose an image that you love, especially color-wise. Once I’ve auto-created the palette using Image Trace, I can tweak it to have better contrast, reduce the colors, or modify it however I choose. Image Menu When the dialog box opens, the first step is to sample the color in the image. The color modes of the source and destination images are the same (RGB 8-bit), and when creating the new document, Im accepting the default Color Profile of sRGB IEC61966-2.1. Go to the Image menu, then to Adjustments, and choose Replace Color. I have found that this keeps me from second-guessing which colors to choose, and provides me with a great starting point for a color palette that has a nice mix of lights, darks, and neutrals. As an example, a gray divider image goes from d6d5d5-> b0adad (Im getting the colors in the source and destination image by using the eyedropper tool). However, I wanted to share a fun automated shortcut to creating a color palette in Ai using the Image Trace tool. Option C: With the Color Picker open, move your mouse over to your open image. Option B: Enter exact color values into the HSB, RGB, CMYK, or Hexadecimal color fields. Then click a spot in the large color box to choose the brightness and saturation of that color. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tapping on one of the empty boxes in the palette will add the current active color as a. Now, if you’re working in surface pattern design, you probably know you can import an image into Adobe Illustrator ☞ and use the eyedropper tool to choose colors from a photo or painting. Option A: In the Color Picker, drag the vertical slider to choose a hue (color). Now its time to start adding colors from the image to that palette.
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