Adobe InDesign CC 2015 - Manual (Page 475)

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Color
Last updated 6/6/2015
Adding and managing color groups
Color groups enable you to organize your color schemes better and to exchange frequently used color swatches across
applications. Color groups help you to:
• Organize color swatches.
• Load color groups from a project in Illustrator.
Adding color groups
1 To create a color group, click the Color Group icon on the Swatches panel. Alternatively, you can also create a color
group from the flyout and context menu.
• Enter the name of the color group.
• Select the option to create the color group scheme:
• Selected Swatches: Select this option, if you want to move the swatches to a color group at the time of
creation. Hold Ctrl (Win) or Option (Mac) to select multiple color swatches before selecting the New Color
Group option. If no swatches are selected, an empty color group is created.
• Selected Page Items(s): The swatches of the selected page items or artwork are added to the created color
group. This option is selected by default when an artwork is selected.
Note: To give a name to the color group at the time of creation, you can use any of the options or hold the Alt key (Win)
or Option Key (Mac) when you click the new color group button.
2 You can drag-and-drop multiple swatches from the root as well as from other color groups into the created color
group.
3 Right-click on a color swatch to explore other options. You can switch to a Color Group view and work extensively
with color groups. Click the filter icon at the bottom of the panel and select Show Color Groups. This enables you
to work with color groups extensively. Root swatches and gradients are not visible in this view.