You can set the fill attributes of the Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, and Polygon drawing tools that are applied to objects as you draw. The current fill appears in the Fill Color box in the Property inspector, the Tools panel, and the Color Mixer. You can use any of these panels to change a drawing tool's fill.

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The paint bucket icon indicates the Fill Color box in the Tools panel, the Property inspector, and the Color Mixer.

To change the solid fill color of applicable vector drawing tools and the Paint Bucket tool:

  1. Select a vector drawing tool or the Paint Bucket tool.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • Press Control+D (Windows) or Command+D (Macintosh) to deselect all objects, and then click the Fill Color box in the Property inspector to open the Fill Color pop-up window.
    • Click the Fill Color box in the Tools panel or Color Mixer to open the color pop-up window.
  3. Select a color for the fill from the set of swatches, or sample a color from anywhere on the screen using the eyedropper pointer.
  4. Use the tool as desired.

    NOTE

    Selecting the Text tool always causes the Fill Color box to revert to the last solid text color used by the Text tool.