Adobe® Illustrator® 10 Classroom in a Book®

Saturating colors

Next, you'll adjust the saturation of the new color you added to the hat's top by changing the percentage of black in the color.

1.	Using the selection tool (), click the top of the hat in the bottom left rectangle to select it. Make sure that the Fill box in the toolbox is selected.
2.	In the Color palette, hold down Shift and drag the M slider to the left to desaturate the color. As you Shift-drag, the sliders move in tandem, and the color intensity changes. Select top of hat. Shift-drag left to desaturate magenta mix. Adjusting ...