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phunkidude
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March 7, 2017
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Gray Swatch Names

  • March 7, 2017
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I just upgraded to Illustrator CC 2017 and I noticed that sometimes I have swatch names in my swatches panel that have the names colored slightly gray.

What does this mean?

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    Correct answer Kurt Gold

    They are spot colour swatches in book colour mode. Open the Swatch Options to check that.

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    Mike_Gondek10189183
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    Mike_Gondek10189183Community Expert
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    March 7, 2017

    If they are gray looking at the swatches plane, you may have a plug in conflict such as ESKO.

    If they are grayed out after you click on them,

    that was always this way, but just means you have a book color, and you need to change the color mode first to be able to edit that.

    Kurt Gold
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    Kurt GoldCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    March 7, 2017

    They are spot colour swatches in book colour mode. Open the Swatch Options to check that.

    Doug A Roberts
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    Doug A RobertsCommunity Expert
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    March 7, 2017

    the only ones i can see like that are 'none' and 'registration' and i'd guess they're singled out because they're always in every doc and uneditable.

    Om Nath Jha
    Om Nath Jha
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    March 7, 2017

    Hi phunkidude,

    Would you mind sharing a screenshot of the same so that we can try to assist you further on this. Please check this link for details: How to add a screenshot to a forum message from iPad/iPhone. Process remains same for PC as well.

    Regards,

    Om

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