Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Tip
Now that you know a number of ways to apply a fill and stroke (the
Swatches panel and Control panel), you can use either of those methods to
apply color swatches going forward.
7.
Change the Stroke weight to
0
in the Control panel.
8.
Choose Select > Deselect, and then choose File > Save.
PANTONE swatches vs. other swatches in the Swatches panel
In the Swatches panel, you can identify spot-color swatches by the spot-color icon
( ) when the panel is in List view, or by the dot in the lower corner ( ) when
the panel is in Thumbnail view. Process colors do not have a spot-color icon or a
dot. To learn more about color libraries and spot colors, search for “About color”
in Illustrator Help (Help > Illustrator Help).
Creating and saving a tint of a color
A
tint
is a mixture of a color with white to make the color lighter. You can create a tint from
a global process color, like CMYK, or from a spot color.
Next, you will create a tint of the Pantone swatch.
1.
With the Selection tool ( ), click the white tree shape just to the right of the tree
shape filled with the Pantone color.
2.
In the Swatches panel, apply the new Pantone color to the fill of the shape.
Note
Don't forget, you need to make sure that the Fill box is selected in the
Swatches panel to apply the color to the fill! Also, the Fill and Stroke
boxes in the Tools panel, Color panel, and Swatches panel are linked to-
gether. When you change one, they all change.
3.
Click the Color panel icon ( ) to expand the Color panel. Make sure that the Fill
box is selected in the Color panel, and then drag the tint slider to the left to change
the tint value to
70%.
