: Illustrator: Why are color options grayed out and why do does pressing "D" changes my doted lines? As you can see paths is gray, and options are grayed out. After pressing "D" options are

@Vandalay110

I think there's a step you are missing here. You still need to select the stroke indicator in the color palette in order to change the stroke color properties.

Skip hitting D. Just click on the stroke indicator to bring it into focus, then you can make it whatever color you want while retaining your dashed properties.

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@Eichhorn212

You can select one stroke and then go to Select > Select Same > Select Same Color (or one of the other options that will work best for you). And then change the stroke color to whatever you want. You may have to repeat a couple times, but this makes faster work of selecting all the individual lines.

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@Becky351

For starters, if you are working with the stroke, why don't you make that your primary (X key)?
The option is probably grey because your current primary (fill) is empty .
Pressing D is choosing the default colors (white fill/black stroke), and it also resets your stroke, so that action makes no sense in your case.
You should select your entire artwork, double-click your stroke and enter the value you want in the Color Picker.
Also, it looks like your first example is transparent - why is that ?



Hope it helps you
Have fun!

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