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black; and Color 2 is 40% cyan, 20% magenta, 30% yellow, and 10% black; the resulting
hard color is 40% cyan, 66% magenta, 40% yellow, and 10% black.
The Soft Mix effect makes the underlying colors visible through the overlapping
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artwork, and then divides the image into its component faces. You specify the
percentage of visibility you want in the overlapping colors.
Note: Applying either the Hard Mix or Soft Mix effect to objects removes their strokes and
groups the objects.
In most cases, applying the Hard Mix or Soft Mix effect to objects painted using a mix of
process and spot colors converts the color to CMYK. In the case of mixing a non-global
process RGB color with a spot RGB color, all spot colors are converted to a non-global
process RGB color.
If you overlap multiple objects, all overlapping objects are given the visibility level you
select.
To mix colors by selecting each highest CMYK component value (Hard Mix):
1 Select a group in the artwork, or target a group or layer in the Layers palette. (For more
information on targeting, see
palette" on page 223.)
2 Choose Effect > Pathfinder > Hard Mix.
To mix colors by specifying a mixing rate (Soft Mix):
1 Select a group in the artwork, or target a group or layer in the Layers palette. (For more
information on targeting, see
palette" on page 223.)
2 Choose Effect > Pathfinder > Soft Mix.
3 Enter a value between 1% and 100% in the Mixing Rate text box to determine the
percentage of visibility you want in the overlapping colors, and click OK.
Using filters to modify colors
Illustrator filters provide shortcuts for changing color attributes or blending colors
between objects.
Using the Adjust Colors and Convert filters
The Adjust Colors filter lets you change the color values in objects, as well as the tint of
global colors. You can also use the Convert filters to convert objects between grayscale
and your document's color mode.
To adjust colors using the Adjust Colors filter:
1 Select the objects whose colors you want to adjust.
2 Choose Filter > Colors > Adjust Colors.
3 Select Convert and then a color mode. If the document is an RGB document, you can
select between RGB and Grayscale; if the document is CMYK, you can select between
CMYK and Grayscale.
4 Select Fill or Stroke (or both) to adjust the fill or stroke or both.
5 Drag the sliders or enter values in the color value text boxes.
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