Script to replace a tinted swatch with a nontinted swatch

[LynxKx]

I have a script where I'm replacing swatches with others and I'm not able to replace a tinted swatch, it just ignores it. Any tips to get this script to find my 90% tint swatch and replace it?

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

//replace swatches
try { myDoc.colors.item("PANTONE 426 C 90%").remove("PANTONE 426 C");}
catch (e) {}

[m1b · Accepted solution]

Hi @LynxKx, here's some code to point you in the right direction. I've made a function that removes all tints of a particular color. The main points are that "tints" are different objects to "colors", and have a baseColor property that points to the actual color.

- Mark

removeTintsOfColor(app.activeDocument, 'MyColor');


function removeTintsOfColor(doc, colorOrName) {
    var color;
    if (colorOrName.constructor.name == 'String') {
        color = doc.swatches.itemByName(colorOrName);
    } else if (colorOrName.constructor.name == 'Color') {
        color = colorOrName;
    }
    if (color == undefined || !color.isValid) return;
    var tints = doc.tints;
    for (var i = tints.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
        if (tints[i].baseColor == color)
            tints[i].remove();
    }
}

[LynxKx]

perfect! thank you so much!!