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May 24, 2022
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Change CMYK black swatch to RGB

  • May 24, 2022
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I originally created my document in CMYK, but since changed it to RGB via the 'Transparency Blend Space' setting. I also updated my swatches to RGB ones.

 

I found I manually had to set the 'Paper' swatch to RGB, I was thinking this was done automatically.

 

It appears that the black also needs converting to RGB, but it won't let me edit it. Is there a way around this?

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Correct answer rob day

If you set the Intent in File>Document Setup to something other than Print the default [Black] swatch will be RGB.

 

The Transparency Blend Space only affects how transparent objects with different color spaces are blended. InDesign doesn’t have a document color mode the way Photoshop and Illustrator do, so even with the blend space and intent set to RGB you can still have a mix of CMYK, RGB, and Lab color spaces in a document.

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May 24, 2022

If you set the Intent in File>Document Setup to something other than Print the default [Black] swatch will be RGB.

 

The Transparency Blend Space only affects how transparent objects with different color spaces are blended. InDesign doesn’t have a document color mode the way Photoshop and Illustrator do, so even with the blend space and intent set to RGB you can still have a mix of CMYK, RGB, and Lab color spaces in a document.