Adobe InDesign CS4 - Manual (Page 456)

448 USING INDESIGN CS4
Color
Load swatches from predefined custom color libraries
You can select from a range of color libraries—including the PANTONE Process Color System, Toyo™ Ink Electronic
Color Finder™ 1050, the Focoltone® color system, the Trumatch™ color swatch system, the DIC Process Color Note,
and libraries created especially for web use. Before using swatches from a color matching system, consult with your
prepress service providers to determine which ones they support.
1 Choose New Color Swatch from the Swatches panel menu.
2 Do one of the following:
• Choose the library file from the Color Mode list.
• Choose Other Library from the Color Mode list, locate the library file, and then click Open.
3 Select one or more swatches from the library, and click Add. (To exit the dialog box without adding swatches,
click OK.)
4 When you are done adding swatches, click Done.
Color libraries installed with InDesign
InDesign installs color libraries for the color matching systems described below. You can install additional color
libraries and load swatches from them in InDesign.
ANPA Color Consists of 300 colors selected by ANPA (American Newspaper Publishers Association). Colors in this
library are primarily used as spot colors in newspapers.
DIC Color Provides 1280 CMYK spot colors from the DIC Process Color Note. Colors may be matched against the DIC
Color Guide, published by Dainippon Ink & Chemicals, Inc. For more information, contact Dainippon Ink &
Chemicals, Inc., in Tokyo, Japan.
Focoltone Consists of 763 CMYK colors. You can use Focoltone colors to help avoid prepress trapping and
registration problems by viewing the Focoltone charts that show the overprints that make up the colors.
A swatch book with specifications for process and spot colors, overprint charts, and a chip book for marking up layouts
are available from Focoltone. For more information, contact Focoltone International, Ltd., in Stafford, United
Kingdom.
HKS Use when your job specifies colors from the HKS color system, which is used in Europe.
PANTONE ® PANTONE® Colors are the worldwide standards for spot color reproduction. In 2000, a major revision was
made to the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM® Color guides. 147 new solid colors and seven additional metallic
colors have been added to the System to now include a total of 1,114 colors. PANTONE Color guides and chip books
are now printed on coated, uncoated, and matte paper stocks to ensure accurate visualization of the printed result and
better on-press control.
You can print a solid PANTONE Color in CMYK. To compare a solid PANTONE Color to its closest process color
match, use the PANTONE solid to process guide. The CMYK screen tint percentages are printed under each color.
The guide is now printed on a brighter coated stock and includes comparisons of the 147 new solid colors to CMYK.
PANTONE process guides let you choose from over 3,000 process combinations now printed on coated and uncoated
stocks. Displayed in chromatic order in fan-guide format, it's easy to select colors and specify CMYK screen values.
For more information, contact Pantone, Inc., in Carlstadt, New Jersey, U.S.A.
System (Windows) Includes 256 colors of the Windows default 8-bit panel, which is based on a uniform sampling of
RGB colors.
System (Mac OS) Includes 256 colors of the Mac OS default 8-bit panel, which is based on a uniform sampling of RGB
colors.
Updated 18 June 2009