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Applying Color
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The tint is saved with the same name as the base color, but with the tint percentage added
to the name. For example, if you saved a color named “Sky Blue” at 51 percent, the swatch
name would be “Sky Blue 51%.”
Important:
Tints of the same color are linked together, so that if you edit a tint swatch, all
associated tint swatches (and the objects painted with those swatches) are also changed.
Adding colors from other documents and merging swatch names
When you copy objects from one document to another, any swatches (global process
colors, spot colors, patterns, or gradients) contained in the object are added to the desti-
nation document’s Swatches palette. If swatches in the two documents have the same
name, but different color values, a warning dialog appears and you can choose to either
add the duplicate swatch or merge the swatches together and use only one set of
color values.
If the color spaces of the source file from which you are copying or dragging the object do
not match the color spaces of the destination document, the color spaces will be deter-
mined by options that you select in the Color Settings dialog box. (See
“Producing
Consistent Color” on page 174
.)
You can also merge swatches together using the Merge Swatches command. When you
merge swatches together, all objects painted with either of the swatch colors will be
updated with the merged swatch color.
To add color, gradient, or pattern swatches from one document to another:
1
Copy an object into the current document using drag-and-drop, copy-and-paste, or the
Place command. You can also use the Swatch Libraries command to add new swatch
palettes. (See
“Using the Swatch Libraries command” on page 166
.)
2
If one or more swatches have the same name (but with different color values), select
from the following options in the Swatch Conflict dialog box:
•
Add Swatches adds the new swatch to the Swatches palette, appending the word
copy
to the name of the new swatch.
•
Merge Swatches combines the two swatches into a single swatch, using the color value
of the destination document’s swatch.
3
If there are multiple naming conflicts, select the Apply to All check box to automatically
apply the selected method (either adding swatches or merging swatches) to all naming
conflicts in the document. This prevents the Swatch Conflict dialog box from appearing for
each naming conflict in the document.
To merge multiple colors in the Swatches palette:
1
In the Swatches palette select two or more swatches to merge. Press Shift and click to
select a range of swatches; press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) and click to select
non-contiguous swatches.
2
Choose Merge Swatches from the Swatches palette menu. The first selected swatch
name and color value replaces all other selected swatches.
