# \[AI\] Use swatch color in gradient

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ai-use-swatch-color-in-gradient/285343>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [March 30, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ai-use-swatch-color-in-gradient/285343 "2009-03-30T20:08:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![NeoDreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ai-use-swatch-color-in-gradient/285343/1 "2009-03-30T20:08:24Z")

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How do I use a swatch color as a point on a gradient? When I click on a gradient point and then a swatch color, it just cancels my gradient and fills in the shape with a solid color. So right now I’m just clicking the gradient point and then selecting a color from the color pallete, which is hard for me to use.

[![](http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/1479/51942067.gif)](http://img25.imageshack.us/my.php?image=51942067.gif)