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I am trying to adjust colors after I apply a 3D effect (say extrude & bevel) in Adobe Illustrator (I tried in CS2 and CS5) but even if I make the object's color white it turns into fairly dark gray after the effect; I cannot make it lighter. I tried to play with shading but no luck.

I understand there should be shading and color change to show the 3D effect but the change is quite extreme.

Can anybody give me suggestions on how to preserve the colors with 3D effect in Illustrator?

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Change the shading color to something lighter than Black (the default)

3D Effect

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Well, I have tried that too and it helped a little but the object is still dark. I guess this is how it is, I tried playing with all the parameters in that screen and I still cannot get the a color close to the one before the effect. – Engin Yapici Feb 11 at 20:07
@EnginYapici If you don't want color changes, select No Shading from the Surface drop down menu. – Scott Feb 12 at 2:56
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Go to Effects >> 3D Extrude & Bevel click on More Options(you can find below Map Art) Reduce Light Intensity value, make Blend Steps 1 or 2 (adjust the value).

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I tried those, colors are still very dark. I changed ambient light and made the colors lighter but I cannot change it much because object loses its 3D effect after a certain value. – Engin Yapici Feb 11 at 5:44
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You might be working in CMYK mode or have transferred the object from an RGB file to CMYK.

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Nope, I work in RGB mode and I created the object myself, didn't import it. – Engin Yapici Feb 11 at 20:09

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