Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Note
As you work through the lesson, you can move panels around or change
the magnification to the level that works best for you. For more informa-
tion, see “
Working with panels
”
and “
Changing the magnification of a doc-
Adding colors to the Swatches panel
You can add color to objects using a combination of panels and tools. The InDesign color
workflow revolves around the Swatches panel. Using the Swatches panel to name colors
makes it easy to apply, edit, and update colors for objects in a document. Although you can
also use the Color panel to apply colors to objects, there is no quick way to update these
colors, which are considered unnamed colors. Instead, if you want to change an unnamed
color on multiple objects, you need to change each one individually.
You'll now create most of the colors you'll use in this document. Because this document is
intended for a commercial press, you'll be creating CMYK process colors.
1.
Make sure that no objects are selected, and then open the Swatches panel. (If the
Swatches panel is not visible, choose Window > Color > Swatches.)
The Swatches panel stores the colors, tints, and gradients that you create and store
for reuse.
2.
Choose New Color Swatch from the Swatches panel menu ( ).
Note
The Name With Color Value option names a color according to the color
values you enter; the name automatically updates if you change any color
values. This option is available only for process colors and is useful when
you want to use the Swatches panel to monitor the exact composition of
process-color swatches. For this swatch, you deselected Name With Color
Value so that you can use a name (Brown) that's easier to read.
3.
In the New Color Swatch dialog box, deselect Name With Color Value, and for
Swatch Name, type
Brown
. Make sure that Color Type is set to Process and Color
Mode is set to CMYK.
4.
For the color percentages, type the following values: Cyan (C) =
0
, Magenta (M) =
76
, Yellow (Y) =
76
, Black (K) =
60
.
