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ariecht
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August 11, 2010
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How do I create tints of a PMS color in Illustrator CS3?

  • August 11, 2010
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Hello,

I have an Illustrator file in CMYK mode. I'm limited to 2 colors for printing on this project, so I want to use black and a spot color PMS 5565.

I'd like to be able to create shades (tint) of the PMS color to get some variation, but don't see any tint sliders.

If I double-click on the PMS color in the swatches pallete, the swatch options are:

Color type: which is set to "spot color"

Global is checked

Color mode is CMYK.

I just thought of another question. If black is my other color, I'd like to be able to use tints of black to get grays. So when I double click on black in the swatch pallete, a CMYK version of black comes up. So do I need to choose a spot "Black" as well? Or do I change the document color mode to Grayscale? Wait, I just checked. There is no grayscale mode in Illustrator.

Any help would be appreciated.

Ari

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    Correct answer Larry G. Schneider

    Do you have the Color panel open as well as the Swatch panel? When you choose a PMS color in the Swatch panel, in the Color panel there will be a slider available to change the tint of the PMS.

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    Larry G. Schneider
    Community Expert
    Larry G. SchneiderCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    August 11, 2010

    Do you have the Color panel open as well as the Swatch panel? When you choose a PMS color in the Swatch panel, in the Color panel there will be a slider available to change the tint of the PMS.

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    ariechtAuthor
    Participant
    August 11, 2010

    Thank you Larry. You are right. And I also see that I get a non-CMYK black

    tint slider as well.

    Do you know if I were to import this Illustrator file into an InDesign

    document, and used the same 2 colors in my InDesign document, would I be

    okay for 2-color printing?

    Thanks again for your time and expertise.

    Ari

    Larry G. Schneider
    Community Expert
    Larry G. SchneiderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 11, 2010

    Yes, it should work out all right,


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