Is "Recolor Artwork"-pane scriptable?

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October 22, 2017
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I´ve been searching a lot to find info about if the Recolor Artwork pane is scriptable but did not found any. So my question is if anybody know if it´s possible to control it via Javascript?

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Correct answer O2 Creative NZ

Hi

I wrote a script to do this which I sell, but I had written my own ICC full color engine and color tools in JS, and I also wrote a decoder to read the .acb files directly to get their lab vales etc.

If you want to do this yourself in JavaScript you need to

Convert the colors in illustrator to Lab values use Application.convertSampleColor method
Load a list of pantone colors with Lab Values into an array - I would create a new document, clear the swatches, add in the pantone colours then read the Lab values from the swatches as a once off to build a database OR use Pantone Color Manager Software with Library Integration can export different formats to work with, this software is free if you own a pantone book - look on the back of the book for the serial number to use for the software, or google it. You can then read in the text file generated by Pantone Color Manager.
Loop through the Pantone colors, comparing the DeltaE (the lower the number the closer the match), A quick google search found this GitHub - zschuessler/DeltaE: CIE color difference formulas in JavaScript- can't vouch for the code - just saying code is out there.
Create a new Spot Color using the Closest pantone color
Replace the color with the new Spot.

Hope that helps.

Glenn

O2 Creative

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Inspiring

Hi

What particular features are you looking to use for recoloring?

Glenn

O2 Creative

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I want to convert CMYK and RGB to spotcolors (Pantone Solid Coated) I know that the user Qwertyfly have modified a script to do this, however Im finding the results in the recoloring pane to be better so that´s why.

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O2 Creative NZCorrect answer

Inspiring

Hi

I wrote a script to do this which I sell, but I had written my own ICC full color engine and color tools in JS, and I also wrote a decoder to read the .acb files directly to get their lab vales etc.

If you want to do this yourself in JavaScript you need to

Convert the colors in illustrator to Lab values use Application.convertSampleColor method
Load a list of pantone colors with Lab Values into an array - I would create a new document, clear the swatches, add in the pantone colours then read the Lab values from the swatches as a once off to build a database OR use Pantone Color Manager Software with Library Integration can export different formats to work with, this software is free if you own a pantone book - look on the back of the book for the serial number to use for the software, or google it. You can then read in the text file generated by Pantone Color Manager.
Loop through the Pantone colors, comparing the DeltaE (the lower the number the closer the match), A quick google search found this GitHub - zschuessler/DeltaE: CIE color difference formulas in JavaScript- can't vouch for the code - just saying code is out there.
Create a new Spot Color using the Closest pantone color
Replace the color with the new Spot.

Hope that helps.

Glenn

O2 Creative