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Color Specs - Color Tab

In the Color Specs - Color tab dialog box, you can set the properties for each color.

From the dropdown list at the top left of the dialog box, you can select the colors that will be displayed in the list. You may select any of the following:

[swatch table]

Displays all the colors defined in the selected swatch table.

Used colors

Displays only the colors used in the current document.

All colors

Displays all the colors from all the open swatch tables, plus the colors used in the current document.

Each color in the list will have an icon on the left side that indicates whether the color is being used in the document.

The color is being used in the document. Clicking this icon hides all objects in the document that use this color.

The color is being used in the document, but all the objects using it are hidden. Clicking this icon will show all objects in your document that it is using this color.

The color is not being used in the document.

For each color you can control the following properties:

Color Name

Color name defined in the swatch table

Color Mode

The color mode can be RGB, CMYK, Lab, Spot, HSV, or Duotone. Spot colors have a small dot on the right side of the swatch. Duotone colors have two dots on the right side of the swatch.

 

Process Color

Spot Color

Duotone Color

Color Values

Color values for the selected color. The parameters vary according to the color mode selected.

Color Info

Vendor, Category, Part #, and Comments defined in the swatch table.

Use Color Management

When selected, settings from the color management system are used to print the color. You can set a different Input profile and Rendering intent for each color.

See Also

Defining Colors Using the Color Specs Dialog Box

Creating New Colors Using Color Specs

Deleting Colors Using Color Specs

Editing Colors Using Color Specs

Changing the Order of Colors Using Color Specs

Viewing the Color Specs Dialog Box

Color Specs - Library Tab

Color Specs - Find Tab