CMYK document with RGB as default swatches?

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March 22, 2018
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When I start a new CMYK document the default fill/stroke colors are as shown:

fill: C=0 M=0 Y=0 K=0

stroke: C=72.61 M=66.67 Y=65.24 K=78.23

I want the default of the fill to stay the same but the stroke to be 100% CMYK black. When I go to the swatch palette they are all RGB percentages/decimals within the CMYK palette.

I do not have the latest version of Illustrator because then I would have to buy the latest version of a plug in I use daily. The version I'm using is 21.1.0.

I'm hoping this doesn't have anything to do with updating.

Any advice would be much appreciated!

Daniel

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Monika Gause

Community Expert

Then create your new document from a CMYK document profile.

Don't select an RGB profile and then just set the color mode to CMYK.

There must not be a warning triangle next to the color mode.

D

DMendozaAuthor

Participant

When I create my new CMYK document I do not select RGB. I have no need for RGB in anything I'm doing with Illustrator. I see what you are talking about on the warning triangle, I selected more options on the "create new document" settings. Attached is what I'm currently seeing.

John Mensinger

Community Expert

The alert means the color mode you set is different than the color space defined by the Document Profile. (Hover your pointer on the !-triangle to see that.) What are you choosing from the Profile menu? If you want CMYK all throughout, choose Print.

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