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Loading colors from other files


    Use the Other Library command to import colors, gradients, and patterns from other Adobe Illustrator files. When you select a file using the Other Library command, all of the source file's spot and process colors, gradients, and patterns are added to a new palette.

    If you select a file whose color mode is different than the current document, the colors will be converted into the closest equivalent color in the destination document's color mode.

To import colors, gradients, or patterns from other files:

  1. Choose Window > Swatch Libraries > Other Library.
  2. Select the file from which you want to import swatches, and click Open.

To add colors from the other file's library into the Swatches palette:

  1. Select one or more swatches in the library:
    • Click to select a single swatch.
    • Shift-click to select a range of swatches.
    • Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) to select noncontiguous swatches.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • Drag and drop the selected swatches from the library to the Swatches palette.
    • Choose Add to Swatches from the library palette's pop-up menu.