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Beginners' Questions How to give new colour to existing object?
  1. #1
    Earvin Williams Earvin Williams @earvinwilliams96

    I have object that i want to give colour using shape, but i don't know how to just paste the colour, not include the shape to the object ( i don't know what it is called, so i just called it paste the colour).

    How to paste the colour without paste the shape to existing object?

     

  2. #2
    Polygon Polygon @Polygon🌶

    If you want the "K"-shape wear the yellowish color select the "K" press "D" for the color selector and click on the yellow shape. There is transparency involved in your file - not sure if this is intentional.

  3. #3
    Earvin Williams Earvin Williams @earvinwilliams96
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    Well, i am sorry for being confusing... what i actually want is not making K pick colour of the shape, but rather is making the object wear it's colour at the part that i intersect the object and coloured shape and the shape vanish. I don't know what technique is called, so i just assume to called it" paste the colour".

     

  4. #4
    Polygon Polygon @Polygon🌶

    Ok - in this case you need to make 2 path operations, given the yellow shape is above the "K":

    1. select both shapes and duplicate - then go Path->Intersection

    2. select the 2 shapes again and go Path->Difference - you now have to separate objects side-by-side you can colorise to your liking.

  5. #5
    Earvin Williams Earvin Williams @earvinwilliams96
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    Oh i thought there is a tool that can make you transfer ( paste) the shape colour into the object that it is intersecting with. Is this mean that i must do  the colouring manually after doing the steps you mentioned above?

     

  6. #6
    Polygon Polygon @Polygon🌶

    This is possible via "Clip-Group" in essence your "K" will be used as a clipping mask - make a right-click on it to enable it. Check out the hierarchy in the screenshot:

  7. #7
    Earvin Williams Earvin Williams @earvinwilliams96

    What do you mean by hierarchy in the screenshot? 

  8. #8
    Polygon Polygon @Polygon🌶

    The stack in the Layers panel - how it´s organised to clip the yellow color shape to the "K"-shape. There are no path operations necessary in that case. 

  9. #9
    Earvin Williams Earvin Williams @earvinwilliams96

    Oh.... Now i can make the object clipping, thank for your information and for your help

     

  10. #10
    Polygon Polygon @Polygon🌶

    You´re welcome.

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