Live Paint + Eyedropper recolors entire Live Paint group (macOS)
Product/Version: Adobe Illustrator 2026 — v30.1
OS: macOS 26.2 (Build 25C56)
Issue:
When a Live Paint group is selected, using Live Paint Bucket (K) and Option/-click to temporarily switch to the Eyedropper samples a color but also recolors all faces inside the Live Paint group to that sampled color. This prevents using the Eyedropper to “pick a color to paint with” without changing existing fills.
Expected result as in previous versions: Option-click while using Live Paint should only sample/set the active paint color, without changing existing faces in the Live Paint group.
Actual result: All faces in the selected Live Paint group change to the sampled color.
Steps to Reproduce:
- Create artwork with multiple enclosed faces and group them
- Select the group with Selection Tool (V)
- Switch to Live Paint Bucket (K) and click a face to create a Live Paint group.
- Hold Option/Alt (temporary Eyedropper) and click a color on another object.
Observe: the entire Live Paint group’s faces recolor to the sampled color.
Frequency: 100% (whenever the Live Paint group is selected)
Workaround: Deselect all (Cmd+Shift+A) before sampling, then continue painting, or option+shift with eyedropper.
Clemens Birsak
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Ton commented
It does not happen in older versions
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Clemens Birsak
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This issue is macOS-specific.
It reproduces 100% on my MacBook (M1 Max, macOS Tahoe 26.2) with Illustrator 30.1, including after a clean reinstall. It does not occur on my Windows 11 PC with Illustrator 30.1.
If possible, please test on macOS.
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Can’t reproduce this on Windows, with Ai 30.1...
Behaves as expected, both with your or a newly created file.
I can notice however, the color is not updated in the fill chip until I release Alt. Bad.(Edited by admin) -
Clemens Birsak
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Here is an Illustrator file for testing this problem.
