Timeline for How do you extract a color from a gradient in Illustrator?
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| Jan 22, 2014 at 17:32 | comment | added | TunaMaxx | This may have happened after your comment, but the question has been edited to clarify that the OP was only looking for the main colors. Even still, while your method will allow picking the middle, or 'mixed' values, they will very likely be wrong. The round trip can be very destructive as you pass through various color spaces, profiles, etc. An accurate way to find the middle colors would be to Object > Expand the gradient in Illustrator and select an actual central slice of it. | |
| Jan 22, 2014 at 8:30 | comment | added | Henrik Ekblom | Yes, but can you pick up the colors in between the main colors by doing that? I thought the question was to be able to pick up any color from the gradient, not just the main colors... | |
| Jan 21, 2014 at 17:26 | comment | added | TunaMaxx | Obviously this will work, but this method will come back to bight you in the butt eventually. The round trip from Illustrator to Photoshop then back to Illustrator can result in different color recipes, depending on color settings, etc. You'll end up with different colors in illustrator. @boblet's "create new colour group" solution is far safer and more accurate to work. | |
| Jan 21, 2014 at 8:17 | history | answered | Henrik Ekblom | CC BY-SA 3.0 |