Color Manager controls
The Color Managers controls
depend on the selected color
system and model. Some con-
trols are common among the
different color models.
A Current ink.
B Last-applied ink.
C Bars. Use the sliders, or en-
ter values in the text boxes, to
specify color values.
RGB values go from 0 to 255.
CMYK values go from 0 to
100 percent.
HSL values go from 0 to 360
degrees (hue) and 0 to 100 per-
cent (saturation and lightness).
D Spot Color. Select to set
up a spot color. Type a color
name in the text box. Spot col-
ors print on separate plates
when you make color separa-
tions.
E Tint Color. Select the color
to apply to the current color.
F Tint value. Enter the per-
centage of tint to be applied.
G Swatchbook. Shows colors
made from 0-100% mixtures of
two CMYK colors. To select a
color, click in the swatchbook;
the color values appear in the
text boxes.
H Select the two colors for the
swatchbook. To add a third or
fourth color, enter percentages
in the C M Y K text boxes.
I
Color wheel. Click in the
wheel or drag the selector to
pick a color, or enter values in
the HSL text boxes.
J
Lightness. Drag the slider,
or enter a number in the L text
box, to set the lightness for the
entire color wheel.
K Gamut warning. When the
current color cant be printed
with CMYK inks, a warning sym-
bol and color box appear. Click
the color box to replace the cur-
rent color with the closest color
that is within the CMYK gamut.
Gamut warnings appear only in
RGB and HSL systems.
C
I
J
K
CMYK Swatch
CMYK Bars
CMYK Tints
A
D
B A
D
F
B A
E
A
B
D
B
HSL Wheel
H
D
G