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Create and edit a spot color in Settings Editor

You can create and edit spot colors in Settings Editor.

  1. Open the Settings Editor and go to: [Color]  → [Spot colors].

    [Spot colors] tab
    Spot Colors

Create a new [CMYK] spot color

  1. Click [Add].

  2. Enter a name for the spot color.

  3. Use the [Input mode] option to select [CMYK].

    Add [CMYK] spot color
  4. Use the [Media family] drop-down list to select the media family .

  5. Use the [Halftone] drop-down list to select the halftone.

  6. Enter a value (%) in the [Tint] field.

  7. Enter values in the [C], [M], [Y], and [K] fields.

  8. Click [OK].

    The spot color definition is stored in the custom spot color library.

Add [CMYK] values to a spot color

You can add [CMYK] values to a spot color to apply to a specific media family.

  1. Click the [CMYK] spot color.

  2. Click [Edit].

  3. Click [Add CMYK value].

  4. Select a new media family.

    The new combination is listed.

  5. Enter a value (%) in the [Tint] field.

    The [Old] color patch is the color rendering of the Lab definition. The [New] color patch shows the rendering of the CMYK values for the media family.

  6. Click [OK].

    The media family is added.

Create a new [CIELAB] spot color

  1. Click [Add].

  2. Enter a name for the spot color

  3. Use the [Input mode] option to select [CIELAB].

  4. Enter values in the [L*], [a*], and [b*] fields.

  5. Click [OK].

    The spot color is stored in the custom spot color library.

Delete a spot color

You can only delete custom spot colors.

  1. Select a spot color.

  2. Click [Delete]

Print a test chart

  1. Click a spot color.

  2. Click [Edit].

  3. Use the [Media family] drop-down list to select the media family .

    Print patch chart
  4. Use the [Step size] option to define the degree of patch variations.

  5. Use the [Media] drop-down list to select the media for the media family

  6. Click [Print patch chart] to print the chart.