How to Add Color to a Palette in Illustrator. Adobe Illustrator refers to color palettes as swatches. Color swatches are groups of preset colors.

This tutorial explains how to make patterns that will repeat seamlessly in Illustrator. It shows how to use single and multiple images.

Do you want to make your Illustrator images have a transparent background?Learn how to make your white background transparent.

Using a Color as a Background Double-click the "Fill Color" swatch in the Toolbox to use a color for the background if you do not have a suitable photograph to use as a background.