Adobe Illustrator CS4 - Manual (Page 118)

111 USING ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS4
Color
Show Vivid/Muted Decreases the saturation toward gray in variations on the left and increases saturation toward
gray in variations on the right
Note: If you’re using spot colors, use only the Tints/Shades variation and choose colors from the tint (right) side of the
variation grid. All other variations cause spot colors to be converted to process.
Specify the number and range of color variations that appear in the panel
1 Choose Color Guide Options from the Color Guide panel menu.
2 Specify the number of colors you want to appear to the left and right of each color in the generated color group. For
example, choose 6 if you want to see six shades darker and six shades lighter of each color.
The original colors always appear down the center of the panel with a triangle directly above them, and the
variations on those colors appear to the left and right of them.
3 Drag the Range slider to the left to decrease the variance range or drag to the right to increase the range.
Decreasing the range generates colors that are more similar to the originals.
Adjusting the range of color variations
Edit Colors/Recolor Artwork dialog box overview
The name of this dialog box changes depending on context:
When you have artwork selected and you access the dialog box by clicking the icon in the Control panel, Swatches
panel, or Color Guide panel, or when you choose Edit > Edit Colors > Recolor Artwork, the dialog box opens as the
Recolor Artwork dialog box and you have access to the Assign tab and the Edit tab.
When you do not have artwork selected and you access the dialog box by clicking the icon in the Control panel,
Swatches panel, or Color Guide panel, the dialog box opens as the Edit Colors dialog box and you have access to the
Edit tab only.
Regardless of which name appears at the top of the dialog box, the right side of it always displays the color groups for
the current document, along with two default color groups: Print Color and Grayscale. You can select and use these
color groups at anytime.