If you edit a swatch in the Swatches panel, what is the effect?

If you edit a swatch in the Swatches panel, what is the effect?

• A. Only changes the selected object
• B. Creates a new swatch but does not alter existing ones
• C. Updates the color across all objects using that swatch
• D. Reverts to default color

Answer: (C)

Editing a swatch changes the color definition itself, and any object that uses that swatch will reflect the new color. This means you can update a single swatch and have all elements linked to it update automatically, keeping color consistency across the document. If an object has had its color overridden locally, it won’t change with the swatch unless you remove that override and reapply the swatch. This is why using swatches for colors is so efficient: one change can propagate to all linked objects.

Editing a swatch changes the color definition itself, and any object that uses that swatch will reflect the new color. This means you can update a single swatch and have all elements linked to it update automatically, keeping color consistency across the document. If an object has had its color overridden locally, it won’t change with the swatch unless you remove that override and reapply the swatch. This is why using swatches for colors is so efficient: one change can propagate to all linked objects.