pattern swatch library

[abigailg]

Hi - I just realized that I can create a library of pattern swatches if I save it as an AI swatch library (vs ASE), however I work in Adobe RGB (1998) and when I open up the AI file that it creates, Illustrator shows a warning that it's actually CMYK.  If I load the AI through my swatch palette, I get no such error, however I do need to keep everything in the correct color setting so that it matches on my printer.  Is Illustrator really creating the swatch library as CMYK?  Is there any way to avoid that?

[Monika Gause]

Illustrator saves the swatch library in the color mode you created the swatches in.

[barbara_a · Accepted solution]

Illustrator documents can have only one color mode: RGB or CMYK. So anything you put on the artboard is going to be one or the other, even though the color definition of the pattern swatches do not change in the Swatches panel. If it is a problem that the swatch definition doesn't change, you can redefine the swatch. In an Illustrator document that is RGB, drag the pattern swatch from the Swatches panel onto your artboard. Select the colors and Edit > Edit Color > Convert to RGB. Once all the colors in the pattern are RGB, you can either make a new pattern swatch or you can replace the previous CMYK pattern by dragging the RGB pattern into the Swatches panel with Alt or Option key down. When your cursor is over the swatch you want to replace, release the mouse.

[Monika Gause]

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Barbara+Ash  schrieb

Edit > Edit Color > Convert to RGB. Once all the colors in the pattern are RGB,

If the document mode is RGB and the pattern is in the file, then the pattern is already RGB as well.

What you need to do is adjust color values using Edit > Edit Colors > Recolor artwork.