# Unpainting Zones/Line Art

You can remove a color entirely from a selected zone using the Unpaint tool. This deletes the color shape you created when you filled the closed zone with a color. You can leave it empty or color it with another color swatch.

This is not the same as just painting it white; when you delete the color shape from a painted zone, whatever is behind the zone shows through.

To remove the color from a zone or the line art:

1. Select the Unpaint tool from the Tools > Drawing Tools menu or the Drawing Tools toolbar.

2. Click the painted zone or the line art from where you want to remove the color.

| If you unpaint a color zone that has line art around it, you’ll be able to repaint that zone. But if you unpaint a line, a brush stroke, or a color shape that doesn’t have line art, Toon Boom Studio erases that object. You will not be able to repaint that shape.

See Also
Swatches
Painting Zones with Gradients and Bitmap Textures
Creating a Bitmap Swatch