Change gradient colour in Illustrator 10

I have illustrator 10 and have made a shape using the pen tool and have filled it with a gradient, I cannot change the colour from black and white,i want it to be green and white. is there a way to do this?

Sophie
Click each square under the Gradient Slider in the Gradient palette and change the colour; you may use the Color palette to insert values.
The gradient default is B/W so you have to change colours for each new gradient; you can copy gradients from object to object, though.

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> Expression 3 evolved into Microsoft Expression Design 4
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> vector editing program. Not as powerful as Illustrator,
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> media strokes and transparency in the 90s when
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