: Change color on object after 3d extrude and bevel and transform I have google this but can not find an answer to my specific problem. I am using Illustrator CC (2015) I am new to illustrator,

@Alves566

Not using a gradient as Scott said helped, however when changing color it changed all including the shadow. To just change the face color I used the direct selection tool.

It also worked on the image I had already created by selecting the face (using direct selection tool), dragging it off, selecting where the face was and then selecting a new colour.

I did that because for some reason I could not recreate the same image.

I hope that explained what I did, it was simpler doing it than trying to explain what I did

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@Turnbaugh909

Realize that gradients get rasterized when using the 3D effects.

There's a warning in the 3D dialog window if the art contains a gradient:



That may be why colors aren't changing -- they are embedded raster images after the 3D effect is applied and expanded.

Don't use gradients in the base object, use flat colors, then apply the 3D, expand, and then change colors.

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