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Adding colors to the Swatches panel

You can create colors in the Color Mixer or Tints panels and then add them to the color list in the Swatches panel for use in your illustrations.

Colors must be named when they are added to the Swatches panel. If your illustration includes unnamed colors, you can use the Name All Colors Xtra to add them to the Swatches panel (see Naming colors).

The Swatches panel also displays the names of any spot or process colors in artwork you copy or import from other files, such as editable Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), Adobe Illustrator, and CorelDRAW files. These named colors remain in the color list even if you delete the copied or imported objects.

You cannot import a color with the same name as one in the Swatches panel.

To add colors to the Swatches panel, do one of the following:

Create a color in the Color Mixer or Tints panel. Click the Add to Swatches button. Enter a name for the color, and then specify Spot or Process. Click Add.

Note: Control-click (Windows) or Command-click (Macintosh) the Add to Color List button to bypass the dialog box. The new color will have the default name and will be spot or process depending on the choice made the last time the dialog box was used.

Drag a color from the color box of the Color Mixer or Tints panel to either the empty space at the bottom of the color list or onto the color drop box (the down arrow button) at the top of the Swatches panel. Drag on to an existing color swatch to replace a color.

In Windows, right-click any color box in the Color Mixer or Tints panel and choose Add to Swatches from the pop-up menu. This bypasses the dialog box and adds the color with a default name.

To duplicate a color:

1

In the Swatches panel, select a color name.

2

Click the triangle in the upper right corner of the Swatches panel to open the Options pop-up menu, and choose Duplicate.

The new color is named "Copy of [original color]."