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January 29, 2019
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Issues with converting swatches to Pantones in Illustrator

  • January 29, 2019
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Hello,

I haven't had this issue before but when I convert my swatches to PANTONES in Illustrator they revert back to Out of Gamut Warning. I've restarted Illustrator, the computer, and still nothing.

Here are my steps;

I select all the colors I want to switch to Pantone

I create a "new color group"

Click Edit Color Book

Then clicked Limits the colors to a colors swatch library

Chose Pantone + SOLID coated

And I still received the Out of Gamut Warning even tho I already clicked the cautionary triangle symbol to put them into CMYK range.

I did this over 5 times and one file actually worked ( I have no idea how) but my other files are having the same problem.

Please help!

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2 replies

Participating Frequently
January 29, 2019

Because I'm sending these files to a production factory to have to them printed. They need to proper Pantone colors.

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 29, 2019

When converting to Pantone solid spot colors, why do you care about the out of gamut warning?

Participating Frequently
January 29, 2019

Because I'm sending these files to a production factory to have to them printed. They need to proper Pantone colors.

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 29, 2019

But the out of gamut doesn't apply to spot colors.