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None colour swatch

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
June 17, 2020
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Hi. I guess I know the answer to that (no) but wanted to double check with forum members.

Is it possible to create a swatch with colour "None"? "None" is available as a swatch in the swatches panel but I cannot create a swatch and set its values to "None".

This is for CS4. Thanks.

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Correct answer Charu Rajput

Hi,

As far as I know, A simple answer to your question is

No, you cannot. Also, you cannot duplicate [None] swatch or give this name to any other swatch.

Kurt Gold

Community Expert

I beg for pardon. I missed the point that you already mentioned that you are using Illustrator CS 4.

The distinction between static and dynamic symbols is only available in more recent versions of Illustrator.

Using those newer versions may help you a lot to do what you want.

CarlosCanto

Community Expert

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sPretzelAuthor

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Hi Carlos. Sorry for the apparent contradiction. I further explained what I was trying to do in replying to Monika. The latter part of the sentence you highlighted also attempts to explain that. I do appreciate that you took the time to come up with a possible solution via script.

CarlosCanto

Community Expert

no worries sPretzel,

Kurt Gold

Community Expert

Are you using static symbols or dynamic symbols?

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sPretzelAuthor

Inspiring

Hi Kurt. Are you referring to "graphic" or "movie clip" type, as symbols were described in CS4? I thought that only mattered for flash.

CarlosCanto

Community Expert

I'm sorry but I did not understand how you wanted to use an additional no-fill swatch. Nonetheless, I went ahead a gave it a try with a script. I was able to create it, but as with the original [None] swatch, you can't do much with it, other that applying it.

// create a None (no color) swatch
// carlos canto 06/17/2020

var idoc = app.activeDocument;

var s = idoc.swatches.add();
s.name = 'None';
s.color = new NoColor();

Charu Rajput

Community Expert

Thanks Carlos for this info.

Can we do this without script as well?

I could not find NoColor option on UI.

Best regards

Charu Rajput

Correct answer

Community Expert

Hi,

As far as I know, A simple answer to your question is

No, you cannot. Also, you cannot duplicate [None] swatch or give this name to any other swatch.

Best regards

S

sPretzelAuthor

Inspiring

Hi Charu. I suspected that. It's unfortunate that it can't be done because it would be useful.

Charu Rajput

Community Expert

Hi,

I am not sure why you want to specifically use [NONE] and change later, I mean if you can describe any reason behind that or your worflow, may be we can come up another solution.

Best regards