 Hello everyone. In this video I'm going to show you how you can master gradients in Canva. Let's get started. Canva is a free design tool that allows you to create amazing designs in minutes. Go to canva.com and sign up for your free account. Start by creating a new design. Let me choose Instagram post. By default you get a blank white screen. To change the background color all I have to do is click on this and choose any colors. However if you don't want a plain color but want to spice it up a bit by using gradients, click on this plus button and instead of solid color choose gradient. Gradients allow you to blend two or more colors to create an interesting color scheme. To change this gradient color click here on the first color code and we can choose any color by using the color slider and then refining the color by moving within the color space. Next choose the second color and use the color slider to select your second color and now you have a gradient that blends these two colors. If you want to add a third color to the mix click on plus, use the color slider and choose your third color and you can keep adding as many colors as you want by clicking on this plus sign. To remove one of the colors select the color and then click on this X symbol and now your gradient is made up of only two colors. You can choose the style of your gradient from one of these available styles. We have the default style which is the linear left to right then we have the bottom left to top right. The third style is bottom right to top left. The fourth style is a circular gradient where the first color is in the center and the second color encircles it. The last is also a circular gradient but the first color is on the top left. If you want to change any of the colors just click on it and use the color slider to change the color. If you know the precise color code that you want you can simply type it here and the same goes for the second color. If you want to use one of the colors that is already on the screen use the color picker and then move the cursor to the color that you want to select and click on it. You can also add transparency to your color. To do that move the transparency slider. The effect of transparency becomes evident when there are multiple objects in your design. The second way you can add gradients in Canva is when you use shapes. On the left hand side select elements. You will see shapes. Click on see all. These are all the shapes that are available in Canva. If you choose any of the shapes and place it in your design this shape can also be colored with a gradient. Click on the color. Click plus. Click on gradient and follow the same procedure. Click color one. Choose the color. Click on color two. Choose the color and so on. And the third way you can use gradients in Canva is to use an element called gradient. Click on elements and in the search elements type gradients. You will find graphics. Click on see all and these are all the predefined gradients that are available in Canva. Click on the gradient. Move it around and resize it and change the colors of the gradient by clicking on the color icon. Do keep in mind that some of these gradients are predefined. What does that mean? If I select this gradient I don't have an option to change the color of this gradient. I have to use it as it is. I can of course resize it. Move it around but I can't change its color. So those are all the possible ways that you can use gradients in your Canva design. Have fun.