Choose Palettes from the Document menu, then choose Show Colors. To hide the colors palette, if it is showing, choose Palettes from the Document menu, then choose Hide Colors, or click in its close box. To drag the colors palette to a new position on your screen, press the mouse in its drag bar and move it.

Use the pointer tool to select an object or a group of objects. If the Pen button is selected, and all the selected objects have the same pen color, that color is highlighted. Otherwise no color is highlighted. If the Fill button is selected, and all the selected objects have the same fill color, that color is highlighted. Otherwise no color is highlighted.

To change the pen color or the fill color, select either Pen or Fill, and then select a color. If you don't see the color you want, see To Customize the Colors in the Color Palette.