Create named swatch library outside of illustrator

[TheBeautifulSeason]

I'm not even sure of the correct terminology here so I haven't been having much luck searching google or the forums.

This is what I'm after:

I have a list of color names and their accompanying cmyk values on my computer

I want to create a swatch library that I can open in Illustrator and that will display the color name when I hover over each swatch

I want to do this without entering individually each name and value inside Illustrator

I have a list with entries that look like this:

Corinthian Pink
0, 35, 15, 0

Is there some tool that can convert such a list (or let me quickly copy and paste)?

[Ton Frederiks]

Have a look here:

https://sergosokin.notion.site/Swatch-Group-From-CSV-8db1409c7110430f9bbfd3289219b47f

[renél80416020]

Bonjour,

/*Utilisation du script :
1 Ouvrir ou créer un fichier (.ai) Mode de colorimétrie RVG ou CMJN,
2 importer le fichier texte .csv, et placer le caractère @
au début de la première ligne, Corinthien,0,35,15,0, si le texte est captif pas besion d'ajuster,
le contenu est dans la mémoire.
3 lancer le script,
Remarque: Si pas de texte le tableau mapObjt est pris en compte.
*/

// JavaScript Document for Illustrator
//paletteCouleurCMJN_01.js
// Landry René - elleere Fri, 23 March 2018 10:16:41 GMT
//------------------------------------------------------
/*Utilisation du script :
1 Ouvrir ou créer un fichier (.ai) Mode de colorimétrie RVG ou CMJN,
2 importer le fichier texte .csv, et placer le caractère @
  au début de la première ligne,  Corinthien,0,35,15,0, si le texte est captif pas besion d'ajuster,
  le contenu est dans la mémoire.
3 lancer le script,
Remarque: Si pas de texte le tableau mapObjt est pris en compte.
*/
//-----------------------------------------------------------
var indice = "@"; // indice pour indentifier le bon texte
var sep1 = "\r";  // saut ligne
var sep2 = ",";   // séparateur (non <- couleur CMJN))
var Grpname = "Ral_Perso"; // nom du groupe de nuances
var mapObjt = [["Rose Corinthien",0, 35, 15, 0],["Vert pomme",100,12,50,10]];
//-------------
  var docRef = activeDocument;
  var ok = false;
    if (docRef.textFrames.length) {
      for (var t = 0; t < docRef.textFrames.length; t++) {
        var text = docRef.textFrames[t];
          if (text.contents.charAt(0) == indice) {
          ok = true;
          break;
          }
      }
    }
    if (ok) mapObjt = initTab(text,indice,sep1,sep2)
    var grp = docRef.swatchGroups.add();
        grp.name = Grpname;

    for (var i = 0; i < mapObjt.length; i++) {
       couleur = macmykColor(mapObjt[i]);
       sw =docRef.swatches.add();
       sw.color = couleur;
       sw.name = mapObjt[i][0];
       grp.addSwatch(sw);
    }
//--------
function initTab(text,indice,s1,s2) {
// Initialisation d'un tableau à 2 dimensions
  var textContent = text.contents;
      textContent = textContent.substring(1);
  var tab = textContent.split(s1);
          for (var i = 0; i < tab.length; i++) {
            tab[i] =  tab[i].split(s2);
          }
  return tab;
}
//--------
function macmykColor(c)
{ //cree une nouvelle couleur CMJN
  var cmykColor = new CMYKColor();
    with (cmykColor) {cyan = c[1]*1; magenta = c[2]*1; yellow  = c[3]*1; black = c[4]*1;}
  return cmykColor;
}
//--------

Exemple de texte correspondant au tableau mapObjt

[TheBeautifulSeason]

Thanks both of you, I was able to find additional info after some more searching here in the community. My primary issue now is that I don't really understand how scripts work or how to get them to run in AI. I copied a script, placed it in textedit (i'm on mac), and then changed the file extension to .jsx. When I tried to open this in AI, though, the file was grey and unable to be opened. What am I doing wrong? 

[Larry G. Schneider]

Make sure when you save the file from TextEdit that you force it to be plain text. The default from TE is Rich Text which will not work.

[TheBeautifulSeason]

Yes! As soon as I posted that I checked the file info and found that it still had .txt, and my numbers doc was still .numbers. 

I finally got it to work! Whew! 

Love this forum ❤️

[TheBeautifulSeason]

Posting this here for anyone who, like me, wants Sanzo Wada's colors from A Dictionary of Color Combinations, using the CMYK values listed in the book (Seigensha edition published 2024). 

Google Drive link to the .ase file