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A tint of a spot color is printed on the same printing plate as the spot color. A tint of a
process color multiplies each of the CMYK process inks by the tint percentage; for
example, an 80% tint of C10 M20 Y40 K10 results in C8 M16 Y32 K8.
When you select a swatch in the Swatches palette, the Color palette automatically
switches to a tint display so that you can create a tint immediately.
Creating and updating tints and their base swatches
You can adjust the tint of an individual object, or create tints by using the Tint slider in the
Swatches palette or Color palette. The tint range is from 0% to 100%; the lower the
number, the lighter the tint will be.
Because colors and tints update together, if you edit a swatch, all objects that use a tint of
that swatch or unnamed color update accordingly. You can also edit the base swatch of a
named tint using the Swatch Options command in the Swatches palette menu; this
updates any other tints based on the same swatch.
To create a tint swatch using the Swatches palette:
1 In the Swatches palette, select a color swatch.
2 Select the arrow next to the Tint box.
3 Drag the Tint slider, and click the New Swatch button
the Swatches palette menu. The tint appears in the Swatches palette with the name of its
base color and the percentage of the tint.
To create a tint swatch using the Color palette:
1 In the Swatches palette, select a swatch.
2 In the Color palette, drag the Tint slider, or enter a tint value in the Percentage box.
3 In the Swatches palette, click the New Swatch button, or select New Color Swatch in the
Swatches palette menu.
To create and apply an unnamed tint to selected objects:
1 In the Swatches palette, select the Fill box or the Stroke box.
2 Drag the Tint slider, or enter a tint value in the percentage box.
To edit a tint swatch or its base color swatch:
1 In the Swatches palette, double-click the tint swatch.
2 Do one of the following, and click OK:
To edit the tint, change the Tint value. This updates all objects using that tint swatch.
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To edit the tint's base color swatch, change the Color Mode or the Color Mode values.
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This also updates all other tints based on that same color swatch.
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