Ever wish that you could create high fidelity design mock-ups with the ability to make global color changes? Well, with Illustrator you can do exactly that.

Here’s How it Works

Create a new swatch in the swatches pallet

Save the Swatch as “Global”

When the swatch options dialog opens up check the “Global” option and then hit “Ok” to save the new swatch

Identify Global Swatches

If a swatch is “Global” it will have a white triangle on the bottom right hand corner of its icon in the swatches pallet

Change the Color and Watch it Update

If you need to change a color globally on a bunch of items it’s as simple as double clicking the icon in the swatches pallet, changing the color, and..

Watch this:

Turn into this:

All in a matter of seconds!