Click the Save Color Group To Swatches panel button to save the colors in the Right Complement harmony rule in the Swatches panel.

Choose Right Complement from the Harmony Rules menu.Next you'll experiment with the colors in the logo. This allows the Color Guide panel to suggest colors based on the color showing in the Set As Base Color button. Click the Color Guide panel icon on the right side of the workspace to open the panel.Make sure that the Fill box is selected in the Tools panel. With the Selection tool, click the red background shape of the copied logo.Select the Zoom tool in the Tools panel and click twice on the copied logo to zoom in.Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) a copy off the artboard on the right side. With the Selection tool, drag a marquee around the aquo logo.Next you will use the Color Guide panel to select different colors for the logo, and then save those colors as a color group in the Swatches panel.

In this panel, you can also access the Edit Color/Recolor Artwork feature, which allows you to edit and create colors. It helps to pick harmony rules such as color tints, analogous colors, and much more. The Color Guide panel can provide color inspiration while you create your artwork. Used with permission of Pearson Education, Inc. This article is excerpted from Adobe Illustrator CS4 Classroom in a Book by the Adobe Creative Team.

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