Color, Strokes, and Fills > Using the Swatches panel > Removing colors |
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Removing colors
Removing colors from the color list retains the colors in any corresponding objects as unnamed colors. When removing multiple colors, a dialog box prompts you either to remove all colors or only the unused colors.
Removing spot, Hexachrome, and tint colors does the following:
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Spot colors are converted to process colors. Objects containing these spot-to-process converted colors may not print separations as intended. |
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Hexachrome colors are converted to RGB values. The Hexachrome icon appears to the side of the name in the Swatches panel. |
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Removing the base color of a tint also removes any tints of that color. |
Note: You can't remove or replace imported spot or process colors from a locked or uneditable EPS. To determine whether an imported EPS is locked, press Control+K (Windows) or Command+K (Macintosh) to switch to Keyline mode. A locked EPS displays an X-box. |
To remove colors:
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Choose Edit > Select > None. |
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Click a color name in the Swatches panel. Shift-click to select additional colors that are adjacent. Control-click (Windows) or Command-click (Macintosh) to select additional colors that are not adjacent. |
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Do one of the following: |
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Choose Xtras > Delete > Unused Named Colors to remove unused named colors. |
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Click the triangle in the upper right corner of the Swatches panel to display the Options pop-up menu, and choose Remove. At the prompt, click Remove to remove all selected colors or Cancel to cancel the operation. |
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