: How to overlay intersection with original object in Inkscape? Say I'd like to produce the following diagram in Inkscape. How were I to proceed? I can create three overlapping circles and I

@Jennifer810

Very late to this party, but if anybody else needs to know how to paste an object on the original place where it was cut from you can just use Paste in Front (Cmd+Shift+F). That would make it easier to perform these boolean operations on shapes.

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@Karen819

It seems to me easier, draw three path,
and the use tool spinbox labelled grow/shrink
to fill them.

So avoid interction tool.

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@Bryan765

An alternative approach would be to create the three circles as separate layers. Position the layers so they intersect as required and use blending mode 'Screen'. This will give you the color mixing that you show in your example. To make the background black you can fill the remainder of the page of create another layer, fill it with black and move it to the bottom of the stack.

There is another method to create the intersecting areas that will be more suited to your drawing.


Shift select the three circles.
Ctrl-D to duplicate the circles (they will appear right on top).
Shift select two circles at a time and do Path -> Intersection. This is display the intersection area between the two circles. Select whatever color you like.


In your case you'll need to repeat step 2 thrice, since you need to get three, 2-circle intersection areas. To get the intersection area at the center, shift select the three 2-circle intersections you just created, Ctrl-D, then Path -> Intersection.

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