: Can I change a gradient's color stops by dragging colors from other objects? I'd like to change the white-to-black gradient to one with the colors in the rectangles on the top left. How can

@Jessie844

You have to save the colors in the colors swatches window. Select one of your rectagle and then, in the swatches window, click the "New Swatch" and add your color. Then you can drag your color to your gradient window

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@Pierce403

This is an older tutorial but a good introduction to using gradients and swatches in Illustrator, it really helped me:

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@Annie732

Click on one stop of the gradient or create a new one, press I to invoke eyedropper, hold shift and select a color of any object - it will be added to the stop.

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