Adobe® Illustrator® 10 Classroom in a Book®

Adjusting the direction of the gradient blend

Once you have painted an object with a gradient fill, you can adjust the direction that the gradient colors blend in the object. Now you'll adjust the gradient fill in the other chile pepper.

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Use the selection tool () to select the chile pepper in front. Notice that it's painted with a radial-type gradient (as indicated in the Gradient palette). You can create linear or radial gradients. Both types of gradient have a starting and an ending color of the fill. With a radial gradient, the starting color of the gradient defines the center point of the fill, which radiates outward to the ending color. ...