Outputting spot colorsYou can use custom inks, called spot colors, in addition to or in place of process colors. Because a spot color is printed on its own plate, spot colors can often reduce the complexity and cost of printing artwork. For example, instead of using the four process colors to reproduce artwork consisting of black text and bluish-green line drawings, you could use two spot colors--one of black and one representing that exact shade of green. In addition, you can use spot color inks to produce colors not reproducible by CMYK inks, such as fluorescent and metallic colors. You can use the Color palette to display the CMYK equivalent of a spot color. |