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Cell Void
Cell Void
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August 15, 2021
Question

Less than 5 swatches in pal;ette?

  • August 15, 2021
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Hello,

 

I'm trying to create a simple Triad that I can use as a jumping off point for a painting. I often like to use very simple triads, building out my palette as three monochromatic selections. It would be incredible useful to me if I could create simple three-color palette swatches that are not muddied up by the two unneccessary muddying colors that always accompany any triad palette creation. It's not really an issue; I understand Adobe believes that adding more swatches is not "inspirational" and is too "production-oriented." Considering exactly that, however, I find it genuinely baffling that there is zero option to even *reduce* the amount of swatches.

 

Thanks much,

Cullen Mathews

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      rob day
      Community Expert
      rob dayCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      August 16, 2021

      Hi @Cell Void , couldn’t you just use the B,C, & D swatch and ignore A & E?

       

      So here my theme Color Mode is Lab—C is the base color for my triad. I’ve set the A Lab slider values to match the C base color, and the E Lab values to match D

       

       

       

      When I rotate the C Base Color, or edit its Lab values, B & D become the new triad:

       

       

      The saved Theme in InDesign’s Libraries panel, and added to the Swatches panel:

       

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