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                    Create color swatches
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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WS3CE404AC-9B08-48de-B08A-7ED23AC4D5A2a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Create a new color swatch</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c95a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Create a swatch based on the color of an object</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c94a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Add unnamed colors to the Swatches panel</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="section"><p>Swatches can include spot or process colors,
mixed inks (process colors mixed with one or more spot colors),
RGB or Lab colors, gradients, or tints.</p>
<p>When you place an
image that contains spot colors, the colors are automatically added
as swatches to the Swatches panel. You can apply these swatches
to objects in your document, but you cannot redefine or delete the
swatches.</p>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />Before you create swatches, learn
which settings are appropriate for your printer service provider.
You can specify color settings in a preflight profile to highlight
color settings that don’t work with your printer.</div></div>
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<div id="WS3CE404AC-9B08-48de-B08A-7ED23AC4D5A2a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS3CE404AC-9B08-48de-B08A-7ED23AC4D5A2a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Create a new color swatch</h3><div><ol><li><span>Choose New Color Swatch in the Swatches
panel menu.</span></li>
<li><span>For Color Type, choose the method you’ll use to print
document colors on a printing press.</span></li>
<li><span>For Swatch Name, do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>If you chose Process as the color type
and you want the name always to describe the color values, make
sure that Name With Color Value is selected.</p>
</li>
<li><p>If you chose Process as the color type and you want
to name the color yourself, make sure that Name With Color Value
is deselected, and type a Swatch Name.</p>
</li>
<li><p>If you chose Spot, type a Swatch Name.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span>For Color Mode, choose the mode you want to use in defining
the color. Avoid changing the mode after you define a color.</span></li>
<li><span>Do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>Drag the sliders to change the color values.
You can also enter numeric values in the text boxes next to the
color sliders.</p>
</li>
<li><p>For spot colors, choose from color libraries in
the Color Mode menu.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span>If an out-of-gamut alert icon&#160;<img src="images/P_Warning_Sm_R.png" /> appears,
and you want to use the in-gamut color closest to the color you
originally specified, click the small color box next to the alert
icon.</span></li>
<li><span>Do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>Click Add to add the swatch and define
another one. Click Done when finished.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Click&#160;OK to add the swatch and exit the
dialog box. </p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />To directly define a spot color using
the New Swatch button in the Swatches panel, make sure that no swatches
are selected, and then hold down Alt+Ctrl (Windows) or Option+Command
(Mac&#160;OS) as you click the New Swatch button&#160;<img src="images/P_New_Wi_N.png" />.</div></div>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c95a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c95a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Create a swatch based on the color of an object</h3><div><ol><li><span>Select
the object. </span></li>
<li><span>In the Toolbox or Swatches panel, select the Fill box
or the Stroke box.</span></li>
<li><span>In the Swatches panel, do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>Click the New Swatch button&#160;<img src="images/P_New_Wi_N.png" /> and
double-click the resulting new swatch.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Choose New Color Swatch in the Swatches panel menu.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><p>The selected color or gradient appears in the Swatches
panel and in the Fill box or Stroke box in the Toolbox, and is applied
to the fill or stroke of all selected objects.</p>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c94a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c94a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Add unnamed colors to the Swatches panel</h3><div><div class="section"><p>While you can create colors using the
Color panel or Color Picker, unnamed colors are more difficult to
edit later and to use consistently. Use the Add Unnamed Colors option
to search for unnamed colors applied to objects within the document,
and then add them to the Swatches panel. Colors are automatically
named according to their CMYK, RGB, or Lab components.</p>
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<div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;In the Swatches panel, choose Add Unnamed Colors.</span></div>
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