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November 7, 2017
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Illustrator CS6 - Kuler Won't Launch

  • November 7, 2017
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Hello, All... Thanks in advance for solving my conundrum.  The extension Kuler, launched from within Illustrator CS6, quit... launching this week.  It worked last week.  I see it under Window/Extensions/Kuler but, when selected... nothing.  No Kuler palette, no access.  Any ideas of where I might begin to solve this mystery?  Again, thank you for your help.

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    Ton Frederiks
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    November 7, 2017

    I do think Kuler is not there anymore.

    If you go to kuler.adobe.com, you will get color.adobe.com.

    In more recent Illustrator versions Kuler is replaced by Color Themes.

    Participating Frequently
    November 7, 2017

    Oh, one more thing, Ton.  This may be an extremely stupid question but... would the new "Color Themes" be accessible to us CS6 users??  If so, how does one install/access/utilize it?

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    November 8, 2017

    Thanks, hope that helped a little.


    Ton... Being "Persistent" (isn't that in Illustrator's Swatch palette?", I dug into the Kuler-to-Color Themes problem for us CS6 users.  Here's the work around:

    Go to Adobe Color CC and then click on Explore.

    Type in your color Search.

    Select the color and download.

    Save it to wherever (I created a new folder called Adobe Color Swatches via Web)

    Go to Illustrator's Swatch palette and click/hold on the microscopic arrow at the upper-right.

    Select "Open Swatch Library" then "Other Library..."

    Go to where you saved the ".ase" swatch file, select and enter.

    Voila, a new palette is created and added to your Swatch palette.

    Press "Persistent" in order to see it until you're sick of it. 

    Thanks for your insight and ideas, Ton.  I hope that this helps other CS6ers.