Working with Color

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Chapter 5

• Working with Color

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Chapter Objectives

• Work with process colors
• Apply color
• Work with spot colors
• Work with gradients

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Work with Process Colors

• Process colors are colors you create by mixing
  varying percentages of cyan, magenta, yellow, and
  black (CMYK).
• CMYK inks are called process inks.
• Colors created in Adobe InDesign with Swatches
  panel are called named colors.

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Work with Process Colors
Fill and Stroke buttons
Panel options button
Paper swatch
Delete Swatch button
Show All Swatches button
Show Color Swatches button
New Swatch button
Show Gradient Swatches button
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Work with Process Colors

• In Adobe InDesign, a tint refers specifically to
  a lighter version of a color.

Tint swatch has same name as swatch that it
is based upon
Tint percentage
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Work with Process Colors

• Creating tint swatches
• Select a swatch
• Click the Swatches panel options button
• Click New Tint Swatch
• Drag the Tint slider to the desired percentage

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Work with Process Colors
Process Color Type
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black (CMYK or process
colors)
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Work with Process Colors

• Working with unnamed colors
• Use Color panel to mix colors and apply them to
  objects
• Select object
• Drag sliders in Color panel to create a new color
• Color is not saved anywhere

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Work with Process Colors
Color dragged into Swatches panel
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Apply Color

• To apply color to objects
• Use the Fill or the Stroke buttons on the Tools
  panel to apply fills and strokes to objects after
  selecting object.
• Color panel and Swatches panel have Fill and
  Stroke buttons.
• Press X to toggle between Fill and Stroke
  buttons.

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Apply Color

• Drag swatch over interior of object to fill or
  stroke it with color.
• The Default Fill and Stroke button reverts the
  Fill and Stroke buttons to their default colors
  (no fill, black stroke).

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Apply Color

• Fill and Stroke buttons are also found on Color
  and Swatches panels.
• The Swap Fill and Stroke button swaps fill color
  with stroke color.

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Apply Color
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Apply Color

• Apply Color and Apply Gradient buttons display
  last color and last gradient used.
• Apply None button is used to remove fill or
  stroke from selected object .

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Apply Color
Swap Fill and Stroke button
Default Fill and Stroke button
Apply None button
Apply Color button
Apply Gradient button
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Apply Color
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Apply Color

• To apply color to text
• Use Fill and Stroke buttons
• Click Formatting affects text button

Fill and Stroke buttons
Formatting affects text button
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Apply Color

• Placing offset black text behind original text
  adds contrast.

Black text placed behind purple text
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Apply Color

• Modifying and deleting swatches
• Double-click swatch on Swatches panel.
• Opens Swatch Options dialog box to modify the
  swatch.
• Delete swatch by selecting swatch and clicking
  Delete Swatch button.
• Use Delete Swatch dialog box to choose a color
  replacement.

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Apply Color

• Use the Swatch Options dialog box to create a new
  color, modify an existing color, and name a color.

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Work with Spot Colors

• Spot colors are non-process inks that are
  manufactured by companies
• They are special pre-mixed inks, separate from
  process inks
• To choose a spot color, click the Swatches panel
  options button, then click New Color Swatch

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Work with Spot Colors
Defines Process or Spot color
Color Mode defines Spot color system use
Pantone solid coated color system
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Work with Spot Colors

• Creating spot colors swatches
• Use New Color Swatch dialog box
• Choose Spot from Color Type list
• Choose one of 30 systems in Color Mode list
• Related library of spot colors leads to New
  Swatch dialog box where you make your choice

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Work with Spot Colors

• Importing graphics with spot colors
• InDesign recognizes spot colors created in Adobe
  Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop
• InDesign identifies spot color and is added to
  InDesign Swatches panel

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Work with Gradients

• A gradient is a graduated blend of two or more
  colors.
• Every gradient must have at least two colors (the
  starting and ending colors).
• Colors that come between the starting and ending
  colors are called color stops.

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Work with Gradients

• Radial gradient the starting color appears in
  center of circle and fades to edge.
• Linear gradient is series of straight lines
  fading to edge.

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Work with Gradients
Linear gradient Radial gradient
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Work with Gradients

• To create a new gradient, click the Swatches
  panel options button, then click New Gradient
  Swatch.

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Work with Gradients
Defines a stop color as a named or
unnamed process color or a spot color
Type defines a gradient as Linear or Radial
Starting color
Click a color stop, then choose a process or spot
color in the dialog box
Location Identifies location of color stop on
the Gradient Ramp
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Work with Gradients

• Gradients can be further modified using the
  Gradient panel.
• Add, remove, and move colors along the gradient
  ramp.

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Work with Gradients
Gradient Ramp
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Work with Gradients

• Modify a Gradient
• When modified, all instances of gradient used are
  automatically updated
• Gradient panel shows Gradient Ramp used to change
  color
• Modifications made in Gradient panel affect only
  the gradient fill of selected object

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Work with Gradients

• Use the Gradient Swatch tool to change length
  and/or direction of linear or radial gradient.
• The Gradient Feather tool works like Gradient
  Swatch tool except creates a softer look.

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Work with Gradients
Gradient swatch tool dragged in varying lengths
and directions across each row