Hi Guys!!
As a graphic designer i know that while working on a project in Illustrator, sometime you definitely want to use the same colors which you are already using but in different tones (as per requirements ) for different objects or illustrations.
So, here I’ll show you how we can use Blend tool to create a Color Scheme between two colors in Illustrator. A quick way to create In-between colors of two main colors which you have selected for the project in very few steps.
Even you can save those In-between colors in your swatches easily.
Step 1 : Blending Color Scheme with the Blend Tool
We can start with a new document in illustrator or you can load your project document. Here, I open a new Document..
then, select the Rectangle Tool (shortcut : press M), create two similar square shapes on both side of the canvas as i do (left side & right side).
& apply the two different colors you prefer on those two square shapes.
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Step 2 : Now, Go to Object → Blend → Blend Options.
Set the Blend Options to 5 Specified Steps or whatever you want ( By default the value of steps will be 8 when you open the blend option ) .
& then select the first Orientation option & click OK.
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Step3 : Select the two square shapes, go to Object → Blend → Make.
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Now we’ll Expand those shapes and Ungroup them to use those shapes as swatches.For that we'll make sure the blended shapes are selected, go to Object → Expand, click OK.
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then right click on the selected shapes and select Ungroup.
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![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/535tgZ3xJiE_1UWdEy3y_rJYW0hqtgElCnb1SCdnlQWWywFTFVfQuUZPEAcjo-SpLT8X7kXSW9Zc2kq-5HlzZmWqxFb6v034GYpkF6TPgQyUId5f3UrUB1jKft_BxWRdmJ70vvAI-u1BQSoyuNIsl5k54DBJXwtgV-x01DANLOKihTj1oJGj9A_5HjSdRi8-_FYz9KBFbJfdKlmLzNuBwCEA6Uzg-3Q08fMmKydMWgzNnWaT2FnYnbFzqwczjYFhayAz-TLM6scEsydAnek8eBZGt644SekF0e1YGA1rhsth7lkrF2nJ3ZjWkImtBRcy8YmJi3dB8VoTeJnyYBfJf9YlcFRk-ocwAbOSvZ3c4OccTaN66pxRgEH23PdvrHRIY8GrqWQTGQn2bcqSEkaZGgVV5RYa9aALS620ABzmbqcd9K1Oda8pmE1dpCn-I61KyRvHsCiNDcrTUpxtyEBeHVIde6-l9xQn_x7-fXg6LRTznJPRB8MDow5gAw_iTn60vuM0lACxil5mHgachZdJiwh9jHkeoq8Uz5rgELK0u3tx6KApxS6_CYZ-bKUv0Xc_a3qd=w625-h323-no)
Now you can use these shapes & can save them as swatches for your project :)
So,you can easily create original color scheme with different tones for your projects by using this easy technique & the useful tool "Blend Tool" :)
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