1 Shape, two colors

[itzmjs]

Hi, I'm just beginning to explored designer, and I was curious:

 

How can I make one shape two different colors? Like, is there a way I can split it at a certain point and color half of it red and half of it blue?

 

Thanks!

[PixelPest]

You can use a gradient fill for instance:

 

 

Cheers

P.

[R C-R]

Very clever! I never thought about using two adjacent gradient stops for this ... that is how you did it, right?

[PixelPest]

Yes - It would be easier if we could choose "step" as a transition instead of linear which always tries to blend/interpolate between colors - but it kinda worx.  :D

 

Cheers

P.

[gdenby]

Quite a nice surprise! Had to try it out right away. 

[R C-R]

This probably would cause some oddities for svg exports but otherwise it seems like a good alternative to using two shapes & trying to get everything aligned.

[carl123]

Use 2 shapes with different colours

 

Add a rectangle bigger than the shape

 

Use the rectangle as the mask for the top shape

 

Easy to align and you can rotate the rectangle (mask) if you want a non horizontal change of colour

 

 

[PixelPest]

You can have any angle with the fill tool and one gradient - no masking or additional shapes needed:

 

Cheers

P.

[Guest]

You can use a gradient fill for instance:

 

 

Cheers

P.

This is a very clever solution!

[Guest]

Use 2 shapes with different colours

 

Add a rectangle bigger than the shape

 

Use the rectangle as the mask for the top shape

 

Easy to align and you can rotate the rectangle (mask) if you want a non horizontal change of colour

Good example of use of masks, and easily modifiable.

[anon1]

Use 2 shapes with different colours

 

Add a rectangle bigger than the shape

 

Use the rectangle as the mask for the top shape

 

Easy to align and you can rotate the rectangle (mask) if you want a non horizontal change of colour

It would actually be better to nest the rectangle below the cog and thus the cog acts as a mask for the rectangle 

you can nest further elements into the cog and thus get very flexible set of "fills"

 

thus you only have one cog shape and this makes modifications much easier 

 

 

cheers