: Filling half a shape in Illustrator I am still pretty new to illustrator, so I am still learning. I have a shape (pill shape) that is all white. I am trying to "fill" half of the shape

@Merenda852

This one is a bit hackish but it does the trick as well. Make a gradient where you have each color on either end, then click each little colored box under the gradient preview in the palette and set its location to 50. This way you've solved the problem but it's all in one object.

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@Chiappetta793

Start with your rectangle:



Draw a line and use the Align palette to center it in the rectangle:



Select both the rectangle and the line and use the Pathfinder palette to split the rectangle based on that line:



Delete the half you don't want and then color the other one:



Use the Align palette again to line up your new colored box with the original one:



You're left with two objects, but it does the trick.

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@Cooney243

Build it as a clipping mask and put the half fill you're after in it as a clipped object. Then you can apply a color to the mask to fill the other half with just the two shapes.

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