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                    Swatches panel overview
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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="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c97a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Swatch types</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c8fa"><h4 class="topictitle4">Customize swatch display</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><p>The Swatches panel (Window&#160;&gt; Swatches) lets
you create and name colors, gradients, or tints, and quickly apply
them to your document. Swatches are similar to paragraph and character
styles; any change you make to a swatch affects all objects to which
the swatch is applied. Swatches make it easier to modify color schemes
without having to locate and adjust each individual object.</p>
<p>When the fill or stroke of selected text or an object contains
a color or gradient applied from the Swatches panel, the applied
swatch is highlighted in the Swatches panel. Swatches you create
are associated only with the current document. Each document can
have a different set of swatches stored in its Swatches panel.</p>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />When working with a prepress service provider,
swatches let you clearly identify spot colors. You can also specify
color settings in a preflight profile to determine which color settings
work with your printer.</div><p>Six CMYK-defined colors appear in the default Swatches panel:
cyan, magenta, yellow, red, green, and blue.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>When you print a book whose chapters contain conflicting swatches,
you can instruct InDesign to synchronize settings with the master
document. (See <a href="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6cbda.html">Synchronize book documents</a>.)</div>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c97a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c97a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Swatch types</h3><div><div class="section"><p>The
Swatches panel stores the following types of swatches:</p>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">Colors</dt>
<dd>Icons on the Swatches panel identify the spot&#160;<img src="images/P_Spot_Sm_N.png" /> and
process&#160;<img src="images/P_process_Sm_N.png" /> color types,
and LAB&#160;<img src="images/P_LabColorIcon_Md_N.png" />, RGB&#160;<img src="images/P_rgb167_Md_N.png" />, CMYK&#160;<img src="images/P_cmyk_Sm_N.png" />, and
Mixed Ink&#160;<img src="images/P_MixedInk_Sm_N.png" /> color
modes. </dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Tints</dt>
<dd>A percentage value next to a swatch in the Swatches panel
indicates a tint of a spot or process color. </dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Gradients</dt>
<dd>An icon on the Swatches panel indicates whether a gradient
is radial&#160;<img src="images/radgrad.png" /> or
linear&#160;<img src="images/linegrad.png" />. </dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">None</dt>
<dd>The None swatch removes the stroke or fill from an object.
You can’t edit or remove this swatch.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Paper</dt>
<dd>Paper is a built‑in swatch that simulates the paper color
on which you’re printing. Objects behind a paper-colored object
won’t print where the paper-colored object overlaps them. Instead,
the color of the paper on which you print shows through. You can
edit the Paper color to match your paper stock by double-clicking
it in the Swatches panel. Use the Paper color for previewing only—it
will not be printed on a composite printer or in color separations.
You can’t remove this swatch. Do not apply the Paper swatch to remove
color from an object. Use the None swatch instead.<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>If the
Paper color is not working as described, and you are printing to
a non-PostScript printer, try switching
your printer driver to Raster Graphics mode.</div>
</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Black</dt>
<dd>Black is a built‑in, 100% process color black defined using
the CMYK color model. You can’t edit or remove this swatch. By default,
all occurrences of Black overprint (print on top of) underlying
inks, including text characters at any size. You can disable this
behavior.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Registration</dt>
<dd>Registration&#160;<img src="images/P_Registrationmark175_Md_N.png" /> is
a built‑in swatch that causes objects to print on every separation
from a PostScript printer. For example, registration marks use the
Registration color, so that printing plates can be aligned precisely
on a press. You cannot edit or remove this swatch.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
<p>You
can also add colors from any color library to the Swatches panel
so that they are saved with your document. </p>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c8fa" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c8fa"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Customize swatch display</h3><div><div class="section"><p>You can control the size of swatches and whether
the name displays with the swatch.</p>
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<ol><li><span>In the Swatches panel menu, choose one of the
following:</span><ul><li><p>Name displays a small swatch next to the
name of the swatch. The icons to the right of the name show the
color model (CMYK, RGB, and so on), and whether the color is a spot
color, process color, registration color, or none.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Small Name displays compacted swatch panel rows.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Small Swatch or Large Swatch displays only the swatch.
A triangle with a dot in the corner of the swatch indicates that
the color is a spot color. A&#160;triangle without a dot indicates
a process color.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span>To set what type of swatches display, click one of the
following buttons at the bottom of the Swatches panel:</span><ul><li><p>Show All Swatches&#160;<img src="images/P_ShowAllSwatches_Wi_N.png" /> displays
all color, tint, and gradient swatches.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Show Color Swatches&#160;<img src="images/P_ShowColorSwatches_Wi_N.png" /> displays
only process color, spot color, mixed ink color, and tint swatches.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Show Gradient Swatches&#160;<img src="images/P_ShowGradientSwatches_Wi_.png" /> displays
only gradient swatches.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>The None swatch is always displayed regardless of
which button you click.</div>
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