# Filling in my shapes

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/filling-in-my-shapes/298594>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 21, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/filling-in-my-shapes/298594 "2009-10-21T17:21:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Wabaski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Wabaski](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Wabaski)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/filling-in-my-shapes/298594/1 "2009-10-21T17:21:30Z")

</div>

Hi guys! i’m new to flash…sorry!  
i have a really basic question…  
i’ve made my character on flash and i can’t seem to fill in the shapes with colors…i keep using the paint bucket to fill in but it wont let me.  
It has something to do with the layers i presume cuz the shapes i wanna fill in has a huge gaping hole but my other layer covers it. do you get what i’m trying to say?  
if i select the layer by itself, it has holes. but looking at the whole thing together, no holes. How do i fix it??

THANK YOU!!