+@cindex @code{\tweak}, Accidental
+@cindex @code{\tweak}, specific layout object
+
+Objects such as stems and accidentals are created later, and not
+directly from the following event. It is still possible to use
+@code{\tweak} on such indirectly created objects by explicitly naming
+the layout object, provided that LilyPond can trace its origin back to
+the original event:
+
+@lilypond[quote,fragment,ragged-right,verbatim,relative=2]
+<\tweak Accidental #'color #red cis4
+ \tweak Accidental #'color #green es
+ g>
+@end lilypond
+
+This long form of the @code{\tweak} command can be described as
+@example
+\tweak @var{layout-object} #'@var{layout-property} @var{value}
+@end example
+