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elisak5
elisak5
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February 1, 2017
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unable to get switch swatch colours warning in illustrator

  • February 1, 2017
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I remember turning off the warning for deleting swatches in illustrator a while back, and I would like to turn it back on now since i've been doing alot of recolouring. I've looked everywhere and don't know how to turning the warning back on asking to recolour the art in a different colour like it does in Indesign. Can someone help me PLEASEEEE! i've tried the preference>general>reset all warning dialogue and it does nothing 😕😕

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Rob de WinterCommunity Expert
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February 2, 2017

Hey, I think it's something different than you think

In Illustrator colours aren't Global colors automatically, like in InDesign. If you want to see the warning you're talking about, just follow the next steps:

1) When making a color, please check the "Global" checkbox (watch the screenshot below) --> you can also double click an existing color and check it after that.

2) Global colors look like this, and it'll behave like colors in InDesign:

3) When you delete a swatch like this, you'll get a warning that let's you replace the swatch with another one. And, when you edit a global color, it'll change everywhere.

4) Also handy: you can make tint swatches of a global color.

One small warning: you can make the global colours afterwards, but you have to apply them again on your artwork before they behave like it. So better first make the global colors, and then make your artwork with them.

I hope this solves your problem!

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