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I think it might be useful to include this script.
I preduces a "manual" of how to set the properties of a selected object (between 40 to 100 pages of properties).
The script is not finished but works quite nicely.
Select an object / text / something and then run the script. Takes about 30 seconds to run.
If I say so myself it's quite a nice not script 
Let me know if all clear.
#target "indesign"
#targetengine "main"
myDoc = app.activeDocument;
mySelection=app.selection[0]
pl=""
myProperties=mySelection;
myPropertiesString="app.selection[0]";
//mo = new Object
//mo = {a:4, b:5, c:{q:5, w:8, ss:"foo", fred:{we:5,fh:65}}, d:10};
s=""
ss=0;
myObjConstructor=myProperties.constructor.name.toString();
n = (myObjConstructor[0]=="A" ||myObjConstructor[0]=="E" ||myObjConstructor[0]=="I" ||myObjConstructor[0]=="O" ||myObjConstructor[0]=="U") ?
"n ": " ";
s="* "+myPropertiesString+" is a"+n+myObjConstructor+" *\r\r";
elem(myProperties,myPropertiesString)
function elem(obj, subObj)
{
var oldSubObj = subObj;
var p=0
var y=[]
var z = []
for (x in obj)
{ ++p
y
=x
ss++;
try { (obj
!=null) ? z =obj
: z ="nullnulllnull";} catch (notApplicable) {z
="null"}
try {zz= z
.properties} catch (np) {zz=z
.constructor.name; /*alert(z
)*/};
zzz=z
.constructor.name;
szp=(zzz=="Enumerator") ? z
.toString() + " or ":"";
if (z
!=null)
{ if (zz=="[object Object]" )
{
if( y
!="parent"&& y
!="parentStory"
&& y
!="startTextFrame" && y
!="endTextFrame"
&& y
!="nextTextFrame" && y
!="previousTextFrame"
&& y
!="nextStyle" && y
!="previousStyle"
&& y
!="pageStart" && y
!="pageEnd"
&& y
!="index" && y
!="index")
{
var sz=(subObj+"."+y
.toString())
s+=subObj+" ."+y
+" = "+z
+"\t"+zz+"\t"+zzz+" *\r";
eval("elem("+sz+",'"+sz+"');");
}}
else {s+=subObj+" ."+y
+" = "+szp+z
+"\t"+zz+"\t"+zzz+"\r";subObj = oldSubObj ;}
} else {s+=subObj+" ."+y
+" = "+szp+z
+"\t"+zz+"\t"+zzz+"\r"; subObj = oldSubObj ;}
subObj = oldSubObj ;
} }
myContents=s;
myDoc = app.documents.add();
app.activeDocument.layoutWindows[0].screenMode = ScreenModeOptions.PRESENTATION_PREVIEW;
oldUnits=app.scriptPreferences.measurementUnit;
app.scriptPreferences.measurementUnit=MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS;
myDoc.documentPreferences.properties =
{facingPages:0, intent:DocumentIntentOptions.PRINT_INTENT, pageHeight:210,
pageWidth:297, pageOrientation:PageOrientation.LANDSCAPE}
setUpStyles();
mastertextFrames = myDoc.masterSpreads.item("A-Master").textFrames.add
({geometricBounds: [200,0,210,297], contents:SpecialCharacters.AUTO_PAGE_NUMBER});
mastertextFrames.parentStory.paragraphs[0].justification=Justification.CENTER_ALIGN
mastertextFrames.duplicate([297,200])
myTextFrame = app.activeWindow.activePage.textFrames.add({geometricBounds:[12, 12, 198, 285], strokeWeight:0, strokeColor:"None"});
myTextFrame.parentStory.appliedParagraphStyle=mps
myTextFrame.parentStory.contents=myContents
while (myTextFrame.overflows) {addPage(myTextFrame)}
function addPage(prevTextFrame)
{
myPage = myDoc.pages.add();
myTextFrame = myPage.textFrames.add({geometricBounds:[12, 12, 198, 285], strokeWeight:0, strokeColor:"None"});
myTextFrame.previousTextFrame = prevTextFrame;
}
function setUpStyles()
{
mcs=myDoc.characterStyles.add({name:"Value", fillColor:"Black", appliedFont:"Minion Pro", fontStyle:"Bold"});
mcs2=myDoc.characterStyles.add({name:"Properties", fillColor:"Black", appliedFont:"Minion Pro", fontStyle:"Bold Cond"});
mcs3=myDoc.characterStyles.add({name:"Property", fillColor:"Black", appliedFont:"Minion Pro", fontStyle:"Bold Italic", horizontalScale:115});
mcs4=myDoc.characterStyles.add({name:"Object", pointSize:6, underline:1});
mps=myDoc.paragraphStyles.add({name:"main", pointSize:3.5, fillColor:"C=0 M=100 Y=0 K=0", appliedFont:"Minion Pro", fontStyle:"Medium", justification:Justification.LEFT_ALIGN,
paragraphDirection:ParagraphDirectionOptions.LEFT_TO_RIGHT_DIRECTION, digitsType:DigitsTypeOptions.ARABIC_DIGITS})
mps.nestedGrepStyles.add({appliedCharacterStyle:mcs4, grepExpression:".+?\\*$"});
mps.nestedGrepStyles.add({appliedCharacterStyle:mcs, grepExpression:"(?<=\=).+?\\t"});
mps.nestedGrepStyles.add({appliedCharacterStyle:mcs2, grepExpression:"^\\S+"});
mps.nestedGrepStyles.add({appliedCharacterStyle:mcs3, grepExpression:"(?<=\s).+? \="});
}
app.activeWindow.activePage = app.activeDocument.pages[0];
Ok my turn now
DISCLAIMERS
I did not test for memory leakages. 
I did not really test for anything much at all 
No fancy features like returning hex values 
But for a simple answer to my question of how to get the "ColorModel" part of the "ColorModel.PROCESS" enum the below method should work even if multiple enums had the property "PROCESS" to them.
function getEnum(_enum) {
if (getEnum.dataBase) {
return getEnum.dataBase[_enum] || "Enumerator Unknown";
}
var dic, _Class, n, l, en;
getEnum.dataBase = {};
dic = $.dictionary.getClasses();
for (_Class in dic) {
en = dic[_Class];
if (!$.global[en]) continue;
reflection = $.global[en].reflect.properties;
l = reflection.length - 1;
for (n = 0; n < l; n++) {
getEnum.dataBase[$.global[en][reflection
]] = en + '.' + reflection ; }
}
return getEnum.dataBase[_enum] || "Enumerator Unknown";
}
/*** USAGE ***/
var doc, rect, m;
doc = app.documents.add();
rect = doc.rectangles.add({ fillColor: doc.colors.itemByName("Cyan") });
m = [
'Using getEnum method',
getEnum(rect.fillColor.space),
getEnum(rect.fillColor.model),
'Not using getEnum method',
rect.fillColor.space,
rect.fillColor.model
].join('\n');
alert(m);
/********************************
Alerts
Using getEnum method
JpegColorSpaceEnum.CMYK
ColorModel.PROCESS
Not using getEnum method
CMYK
PROCESS
********************************/
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