: Coloring a Halftone effect I'm having problems trying to fill in some color in a halftone effect. My process is that I create a gradient, go to the effects menu then select color halftone

@Nimeshi706

Setting "Ignore white" on image trace doesn't prevent those paths from being created, it simply created paths with no fill, so when you're setting a fill after expanding your image trace you're filling the entire area, including these invisible paths.

Simple workaround to delete the invisible (or white if you don't check "ignore white") paths after expanding your image trace;


Double click the expanded image trace to enter isolation mode
(This is only to prevent you from accidentally deleting anything else, so if there is nothing else in your document this isn't necessary)
Select one of the filled paths with the Direct Selection Tool
Go to Select → Same → Fill Color (or use the button in the top bar)
Cut
Select All (i.e. all the invisible non-filled paths)
Delete
Paste in Place (SHIFT+cmd+V)


You could just select the invisible paths and delete but it's easier to select something you can see and the cut and paste in place is only two key combinations so it's easy enough.

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