: How to recolor a vector pattern swatch in Illustrator? I am new to textures and overlaying a vector for texturing, and I found these halftone textures from Spoon graphics http://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/freebies/10-distressed-v

@Murray976

Double-Click the swatch in the Swatches Panel.

Recolor as you like.....


If you want to alter the exiting swatch, and thus any art with that swatch applied....


Click the √ Done link in the top left corner of the document window.

If you want to create a new swatch with your new colors....


Click the + Save a Copy link in the top left corner of the document window:

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@Merenda852

Drag the pattern swatch into your Swatches palette if it isn't already;
Double-click the swatch in the palette to enter the pattern editor;
Recolor away to your heart's content;
Close the pattern editor with the checkmark just below the options bar.

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@Berryessa866

Apply your pattern swatch to your artwork and with it selected hit the Recolor Artwork button (or go to Edit → Edit Colors → Recolor Artwork...):



Select the "New" swatch next to the color you need to change (there's only one in this case) and adjust using the sliders at the bottom. You can bring up the normal color picker by double clicking the "New" swatch, or use the "Edit" tab to visually change using a color wheel etc.:



Hit OK once you're done; your recolored pattern swatch will automatically be duplicated from the original in the Swatches panel for you to use again:

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@Sarah814

Drag a new pattern swatch to the artboard from the Swatches panel.
Select the dragged pattern
Ungroup
Release the compound path
remove the outer rectangle
load into the Swatches panel your ordinary swatches
select the dots
select the fill color that you like
drag the colored pattern back to your swatches panel


At first: learn from the user guide how to manage your swatch collections

No need to return the pattern back to the swatches. It can be used "as is", too. (=recolor, use as a brush, make multiples, deform, clip by a clipping path, use as a clipping path etc...)

Check also: In the appearance panel you can select a different blending mode, for example "Hard light" and reduce the opacity. This way you can use the black dots to make the underlying color darker. It's very useful to play a little with different blending modes, if you still have not done it.

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