Swatch libraries open in separate panels. To access these libraries, choose Open Swatch Library from the Swatches panel menu. Some are ink libraries like PANTONE, Trumatch, etc, and others are thematic libraries like Skintones, Wood, Metal, Water, Pastels, etc. Using Swatch Libraries. Illustrator comes with several collections of colors, patterns, and gradients called swatch libraries. You can drag colors from several places including the Color panel, the Tools panel, the Gradient panel, or an object in your document.ħ. To replace a swatch, hold down Option/Alt and drag and drop a color or gradient onto the swatch you want to replace. If you want a process color to be automatically updated throughout your document when you edit that color, make it a global color in the Swatch Options dialog box.Ī global color has a square icon to the right of its name when the Swatches panel is in list view,Īnd a triangle in the lower corner of its thumbnail when the panel is in thumbnail view.Ħ. Using Global Swatches. Process colors can be either global colors or local colors. You can also just double click on a swatch name or a color group name to change it.ĥ. Double click on a swatch thumbnail to open the Swatch Options dialog box where you can change a color’s name, definition, color type, color mode, etc. To add color swatches to a group, select the swatches and click the New Color Group icon at the bottom of the Swatches panel and give the group a name.Ī color group appears with a folder to the left of it when the panel is in thumbnail view, and as a collapsible list when the panel is in list view.Ĥ. Create groups of swatches to organize them in the panel. You can filter the display by choosing a specific type of swatch from the Show Swatch Kinds menu at the bottom of the panel.ģ. You can create swatches to save named colors, tints, gradients, and patterns in the Swatches panel. To define the swatch as a spot color, hold Command/Ctrl as you drag or click the New Swatch button.Ģ.
Creating Swatches. To create a process color swatch, select an object with the color you want, or use the Color Picker or the Color panel to define the color, then drag the color to the Swatches panel or click the New Swatch button.
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