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Using the Swatch Libraries command
The Swatch Libraries command lets you import colors, gradients, and patterns from other
Adobe Illustrator files into a palette. It also lets you import entire color libraries from other
color systems, such as the PANTONE
When you import color libraries, the colors in the library are permanent. To modify a
color library, copy it to the Swatches palette.
Loading colors from other files
Use the Other Library command to import colors, gradients, and patterns from other
Adobe Illustrator files. When you select a file using the Other Library command, all of the
source file's spot and process colors, gradients, and patterns are added to a new palette.
If you select a file whose color mode is different than the current document, the colors will
be converted into the closest equivalent color in the destination document's color mode.
To import colors, gradients, or patterns from other files:
1 Choose Window > Swatch Libraries > Other Library.
2 Select the file from which you want to import swatches, and click Open.
To add colors from the other file's library into the Swatches palette:
1 Select one or more swatches in the library:
Click to select a single swatch.
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Shift-click to select a range of swatches.
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Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) to select noncontiguous swatches.
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2 Do one of the following:
Drag and drop the selected swatches from the library to the Swatches palette.
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Choose Add to Swatches from the library palette's pop-up menu.
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Loading colors from other color systems
The Swatch Libraries command lets you select from a range of color libraries—including
the PANTONE Process Color System, Toyo
color system, the Trumatch
libraries created especially for Web use. Each color system that you select appears in its
own Swatch Library palette.
Spot colors from color libraries, as are all spot colors, are converted to process colors when
separated unless you deselect the Convert to Process option in the Separation Setup
dialog box. (See "Separating spot colors as process colors" on page
To load predefined custom color libraries into Illustrator:
1 Choose Window > Swatch Libraries.
2 Select the color system you want from the submenu. The color system that you select
appears as a tabbed palette.
To make a custom color library appear each time Illustrator is started:
1 Select a custom color swatch library.
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