Modify gradients

You can modify gradients by adding colors to create multicolor gradients, and by adjusting color stops and midpoints. It’s a good idea to fill an object with the gradient you plan to adjust, so that you can preview the effect on the object while you adjust the gradient.

You can modify gradients pasted from Adobe Illustrator, provided that the gradient was pasted using AICB (Adobe Illustrator Clipboard) format. (See Pasting Illustrator graphics into InDesign.) To select the gradient, use the Direct Selection tool.

Note: If you edit a color swatch, any gradient stops that use that swatch will update accordingly, changing the gradient.

Add intermediate colors to a gradient

Double-click a gradient swatch in the Swatches panel, or display the Gradient panel.
Click anywhere below the gradient bar to define a new color stop. The new color stop is automatically defined by the color values at that position along the existing gradient.
Adjust the new color stop.
You can also drag a swatch from the Swatches panel onto the gradient bar in the Gradient panel to define a new color stop.

Remove an intermediate color from a gradient

Select the intermediate color stop, and drag it to the edge of the panel.

Reverse a gradient’s color progression

Activate a gradient.
In the Gradient panel, click the Reverse button .

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Modify gradients

Add intermediate colors to a gradient

Remove an intermediate color from a gradient

Reverse a gradient’s color progression

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