Appearance panel

From the Appearance panel you can:

• Manage strokes and fills for the selected object
• Apply additional strokes and fills to the selected object
• Hide or show strokes and fills
• Set the active stroke and fill which can then be edited via the Stroke and Color panels
• Apply independent blending control of strokes or fills instead of for the object
• Delete strokes and fills

The panel displays the following:

• Stroke—the stroke entry showing the stroke color, width and blend mode. The active stroke will be denoted by a white dot to the left of its entry. This is the stroke that will be affected by Stroke panel editing.
• Fill—the fill entry showing the fill color and blend mode. The active fill will be denoted by a white dot to the left of its entry. This is the fill that will be affected by Color panel editing.
• Add Stroke—creates a new active stroke above the current active stroke.
• Add Fill—creates a new active fill above the current active fill.
• Remove—deletes the currently selected stroke or fill.