Define colour mappings

This topic contains the following instructions.

1. Go to the colour mappings

2. Add a colour mapping group

3. Edit a colour mapping group

4. Copy a colour mapping group

5. Add a colour mapping

6. Edit a colour mapping

7. Copy a colour mapping

8. Delete a colour mapping or colour mapping group

9. Move a colour mapping to another group

10. Define the colour mapping attributes

11. Use special spot colours

A colour mapping is an element that maps (transforms) a source colour value into a new target colour value. Colour mapping is applied during the job RIP process. Colour mapping also applies to colour bars and information bars.

You add one or more colour mappings to a colour mapping group. A colour mapping group enables the combination of different colour mappings. You can assign the colour mapping group to a colour preset.

Go to the colour mappings

1. Open the Settings Editor and go to: [Colour]  → [Colour mappings] .

   
   Colour mappings

Add a colour mapping group

1. Click [Add group].

2. Define a name and description.

   

3. Click [OK].

Edit a colour mapping group

1. Select a colour mapping group.

2. Click [Edit].

3. Define a name and description.

4. Click [OK].

Copy a colour mapping group

1. Select a colour mapping group.

2. Click [Copy].

3. Define a name and description.

4. Click [OK].

Add a colour mapping

1. Select a colour mapping group.

2. Click [Add colour mapping].

   

3. Define the colour mapping attributes sign the table below.

4. Click [OK].

Edit a colour mapping

1. Select a colour mapping.

2. Click [Edit].

3. Define the colour mapping attributes sign the table below.

4. Click [OK].

Copy a colour mapping

1. Select a colour mapping.

2. Click [Copy].

3. Define the colour mapping attributes sign the table below.

4. Click [OK].

Delete a colour mapping or colour mapping group

1. Select one or more colour mappings or colour mapping groups.

2. Click [Delete].

Move a colour mapping to another group

1. Select the colour mapping.

2. Click [Move].

3. Select the new colour mapping group.

4. Click [OK].

Define the colour mapping attributes

Edit colour mapping

Attributes	Description
[Source colour type]	Use the [Source type] drop-down list to select the type of source colour. RGB colour value CMYK colour value Spot colour of a spot colour library Spot colour of a custom spot colour library CMYK colours and spot colours are specified as percentages (0-100). RGB colours can be specified as 8-bit numbers (0-255) or as percentages (0-100). Use the [Value type] to define the format of the RGB value.
[Source colour]	Use the [Source colour] option to define the source colour. RGB colour value. Enter values for the [Red], [Green], [Blue] fields. CMYK colour value. Enter values for the [Cyan], [Magenta], [Yellow], [Black] fields. Spot colour of a spot colour library. Select the spot colour Spot colour of a custom spot colour library. Select the spot colour. Special spot colour. Enter: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, All, or None. (See table below) NOTE Search in the list of spot colours, by entering a part of the spot colour name.
[Tolerance]	Use the [Tolerance] option to set the tolerance. The tolerance of a source colour is expressed as a percentage point. A percentage point is the difference between two percentages. For example, the percentage point between 32% and 30% is 2. The tolerance of a spot colour cannot be defined.
[Target colour]	Use the [Target colour] option to define the target colour. Spot colour of a spot colour library. Select the spot colour. Spot colour of a custom spot colour library. Select the spot colour. Special spot colours. Enter: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, All, None. (See table below) NOTE Search in the list of installed spot colours, by entering a part of the spot colour name.

Use special spot colours

Spot colour	Description
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black'	A mapping to one of these (exactly spelled) spot colour names prints the primary colour instead of the source colour. No colour management is applied to this target colour.
All	A mapping to this (exactly spelled) spot colour name prints all primary colours instead of the source colour. This results in: rich black.
None	A mapping of this (exactly spelled) spot colour name makes objects invisible on the print. This can be useful to make markers invisible.

More information

• Define a colour preset

• Learn about spot colours