In this how-to video, Mark Heaps shows off a super simple way to choose a color’s complement in Illustrator. He also demonstrates how simply choosing the inverse of a color can bring about unexpected—and often undesirable—results.
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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025
This article was first published on December 11, 2019
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