Dec 30, 2021 · In order to have a background color, draw a rectangle and fill it with the desired color. The white you see is just the artboard, but actually there is no background in Illustrator.

Apr 18, 2017 · I am new to CC2017, having used CS5 for years. I use the workspace outside the page layout as "scratch paper", but am finding it very distracting with the gray background. I want the …

Dec 30, 2021 · In order to have a background color, draw a rectangle and fill it with the desired color. The white you see is just the artboard, but actually there is no background in Illustrator.

Nov 16, 2013 · This is frustrating. No matter how I set the interface preferences, when I make a new artboard, that artboard is white. The brain-dead workaround to this is to put a rectangle the colour I …

Aug 15, 2008 · You can then lock the layer and draw on the other layers without touching the background. Conversely, you can lock the other layers and unlock the background and change the …

Sep 22, 2009 · Solved: hi, is it possible to change the background color [outside the artboard] to a dark grey? because i really dont like having a big white screen while - 2148711

Jan 14, 2023 · Artboards don't have a background color. What you see is a fill of none, displayed by Illustrator as white (paper white). If you want a different color in the background, you need to create a …

Mar 15, 2020 · Set your background to white. Go to File -> Document Setup Under Transparency and Overprint Options set both alternating colors to black: Your transparency grid setting will then look …

Oct 20, 2011 · You can also create a background color with Point Type by adding another fill attribute to the type, in the Appearance palette, then using "Effect>Convert to Shape" to convert it to a rectangle …

Sep 8, 2017 · You can add a background fill by adding a new fill below the pattern in the Appearance panel, you don't need to change the pattern. If you want to create a variation of the pattern with an …