Silly issue with color swatches

[DaddyDoom]

I have a question that has been bugging me for some time and the answer might be simple but I haven't quite figured it out yet.
So, I have an object in a file, with certain custom color swatches attributed to it. I copy it and paste it into a new document, and sometimes, the custom swatches are automatically added to the swatches list, bust most of the times they dont and I have to add them manually, which is stupid.
This seems random, happens either with CMYK or RGB color modes and it drives me crazy.
Anyone can tell me why this happens?

[Doug A Roberts]

Is it repeatable with certain objects, or truly random?

What version of Illustrator are you using?

[DaddyDoom]

It appears to be random.
I'm using the latest version, fully up to date.

[Anubhav M]

Hello @DaddyDoom,

That does seem strange. Could you confirm the exact version of the OS/Illustrator installed, and share a small screen recording of the replicable steps (if possible), so we can check it with the team?

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Anubhav

[DaddyDoom]

Like I said, its not predictable. There isn't a patttern.
2 minutes after I opened this thread, I pasted another object onto another doc and the colors were added to the list, whereas previously they didn't.

The operation itself is as simple as it gets... An object, like a logo, copied from a file to another, might or not add the colors to the swatches list.
Not that this is a huge problem. I can work around this easily by just adding the colors manually. I just wanted to understand why this happens every 8 out of 10 times.

[Kurt Gold · Accepted solution]

They are probably not global / spot colour swatches.

[DaddyDoom]

will check that out, thanks.

[DaddyDoom]

that seems to solve the issue then.
The colors where not defined as global, as the logo AI file was supplied by a client, and the palette was not defined as global process colour swatches.
Thats it then. Thanks a lot.