Tip from Gary Priester
Round objets (spheres included) have a highlight, a core shadow, and a reflected surface which reflects back the light from the surface upon which they rest.
You can add colors to any of Xara's fountain fills by dragging colors from the screen palette and dropping the colors onto the fill path arrow.
In the top example, I expanded the diameter of the Circular Fill by dragging out outside square with the Fill Tool cursor (as opposed to the cursing Philendry). Then I dragged and dropped a deeper color onto the fill path for the core shadow.
A shiny sphere, such as a golden sphere, has the highlight and core shadow but also has a reflection. The shiny sphere uses 5 colors with the three colors placed very close together as shown.
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