Rapidly Apply Sampled Colors

Everyone knows that the Eyedropper Tool picks up or sam­ples col­or, but did you also know it will apply color?

With the Eyedropper Tool select­ed, hold OPT/ALT, and click on a path or object to instant­ly apply the active color–either fill or stroke, depend­ing on which swatch is in front at the bot­tom of the Tools palette. You need­n’t even select the object before hand!

Using this method, you can recol­or an entire draw­ing more quick­ly than the usu­al route of select­ing an object, click­ing a swatch on the Swatches palette, and mov­ing on to the next object.