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Synchronizing conflicting swatches in a book
When you print a book whose chapters contain conflicting swatches, you can instruct
InDesign to synchronize settings with the master document. (See
“Synchronizing
documents in a book file” on page 169
for more information.)
Using swatch libraries
You can use colors and gradients from other Adobe InDesign or Adobe Illustrator files. You
can also import entire color libraries from other color systems, such as the PANTONE
Process Color System
®
.
Loading colors from other color systems
You can select from a range of color libraries—including the PANTONE Process Color
System, Toyo
™
Ink Electronic Color Finder
™
1050, the Focoltone
®
color system, the
Trumatch
™
color swatch system, the DIC Process Color Note, and libraries created
especially for Web use. Each color system that you select appears in its own Swatch Library
palette. Before using a swatch library, consult with your prepress service providers to
determine which ones they support.
To load predefined custom color libraries into InDesign:
1
Choose New Color Swatch, in the Swatches palette menu.
2
Do one of the following:
•
Choose the library file, from the Color Mode list.
•
Choose Other Library, from the Color Mode list, and then click Open (Windows) or
Choose (Mac OS).
DIC Color
Provides 1280 CMYK spot colors from the DIC Process Color Note. Colors may
be matched against the
DIC Color Guide
, published by Dainippon Ink & Chemicals, Inc. For
more information, contact Dainippon Ink & Chemicals, Inc., in Tokyo, Japan.
Focoltone
Consists of 763 CMYK colors. You can use Focoltone colors to help avoid
prepress trapping and registration problems by viewing the Focoltone charts that show
the overprints that make up the colors.
A swatch book with specifications for process and spot colors, overprint charts, and a chip
book for marking up layouts are available from Focoltone. For more information, contact
Focoltone International, Ltd., in Stafford, United Kingdom.
HKS
Use when your job specifies colors from the HKS color system, which is used
in Europe.
PANTONE
Used for printing inks. Each PANTONE color has a specified CMYK equivalent.
To select a PANTONE color, first determine the ink color you want, using either the
PANTONE Color Formula Guide 747XR
or an ink chart obtained from your printer. PANTONE
books are available from printers and graphic arts supply stores.
You can select from PANTONE Coated (spot colors), PANTONE Uncoated (spot colors),
PANTONE Matte, and PANTONE Process colors. For more information, contact Pantone,
Inc., in Carlstadt, New Jersey, U.S.A.
System (Windows)
Includes 256 colors of the Windows default 8-bit palette, which is
based on a uniform sampling of RGB colors.