I need to create a venn diagram with proper shading

Hi Teri,

there are many ways to do this in Inkscape. These are three of them:

1. Option
If ultimate precision is not important to you, just draw circles with strokes and use the paint bucket tool to fill the intersecting areas.

2. Option:
If precision is important:

draw the circles
select them all (drag a selection box around them)
duplicate them (Ctrl+D)
Path -> Combine the current selection (which is a duplicate of the circles, lying on top of them)
Now select all circles below the current selection (drag a selection box around all circles, Shift+Click to deselect uppermost object, which was created by combining the upper circles)
Path -> Union the now selected circles.

Select both objects (the combined and the unioned circles)
Path -> Division

Color each segment as you like.

3. Option:
Or you could also just make all circles partially transparent, so the lower ones will shine through.

Kind Regards,
 Maren

Thank you for your prompt reply. I do know how to draw the ellipse, what I need to know is where the tools are within inkscape to draw the borders and configure transparency.

Thanks,
Teri
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Subject: Re: [Question #293550]: I need to create a venn diagram with proper shading

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Hachmann proposed the following answer:
Hi Teri,

there are many ways to do this in Inkscape. These are three of them:

1. Option
If ultimate precision is not important to you, just draw circles with strokes and use the paint bucket tool to fill the intersecting areas.

2. Option:
If precision is important:

draw the circles
select them all (drag a selection box around them) duplicate them (Ctrl+D) Path -> Combine the current selection (which is a duplicate of the circles, lying on top of them) Now select all circles below the current selection (drag a selection box around all circles, Shift+Click to deselect uppermost object, which was created by combining the upper circles) Path -> Union the now selected circles.

Select both objects (the combined and the unioned circles) Path -> Division

Color each segment as you like.

3. Option:
Or you could also just make all circles partially transparent, so the lower ones will shine through.

Kind Regards,
 Maren

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Hi Teri,

in that case, I would like to point you to the Inkscape manuals:
http://en.flossmanuals.net/inkscape/styling-objects/fill-and-stroke/
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Attributes-Fill-Stroke.html

(It's a bit difficult to describe the location and usage of the 'Fill and Stroke' dialog without pictures here - which cannot be used in this answers section - the manual, however, has a lot of them).

You can also try out the interactive tutorials that come with Inkscape, see Help -> Tutorials.

A lot of other materials can be found in the 'Learn' section on our website and its submenus:
https://inkscape.org/en/learn/

Another option would be this (longer) beginner tutorial, if you're interested to get a more general overview about the software:
http://vektorrascheln.de/posts/2015/Dec/inkscape-fuer-einsteiger-teil-ii-praxis-en.html

Kind Regards,
 Maren