Sharing swatches using libraries is totally unreliable.
Sharing swatches using libraries is totally unreliable.
From InDesign:
I created a Green Spot Pantone color in InDesign: PANTONE 321 C and added it to a CC library
To an Illustrator document
In Illustrator I double clicked that swatch from the CC library and it was added to my Swatches panel as PANTONE 321 C, but it became a Global Process Color in CMYK mode as 100% Magenta.
A totally different color, it should have stayed a Book color, with Lab values and it should not have changed to Magenta.
To an InDesign document
Adding the same color from the CC Library to an InDesign document by double clicking shows the Colour Picker and allows you to Add Lab Swatch. The colour mode and lab values areright, but it becomes a Process color and the PANTONE 321 C name is lost.
Adding the same color in the CC Library to an InDesign document by Ctrl clicking in the Library and choosing Add to Swatches works as expected, it adds a Spot color with the correct name and Lab values.
From Illustrator
I created a Green Spot Pantone color in Illustrator: PANTONE 321 C and added it to a CC library
To an InDesign document
Adding the color in the CC Library to an InDesign document by double clicking shows the Colour Picker and allows you to Add CMYK Swatch. It becomes a Process color in CMYK mode, the lab values are different and the PANTONE 321 C name is lost.
Adding the same color in the CC Library to an InDesign document by Ctrl clicking in the Library and choosing Add to Swatches, adds the correct Pantone Name, keeps it as Spot, but changes the Colour Mode from Lab to CMYK.
To an Illustrator document
Adding the same color from the CC Library to an Illustrator document shows the Colour Picker and allows you to click OK. It adds the swatch to the Swatches panel, adds it as Spot and keeps the Pantone name, but loses the Lab values and Book Color Mode.
Adding the same color in the CC Library to an Illustrator document by Ctrl clicking in the Library and choosing Add to Swatches, adds them twice, loses the Pantone Name and they become a Spot colours in CMYK mode.
The only time it works as expected is when the Pantone swatch was created and used in InDesign and added to the swatches in a new InDesign document by Ctrl clicking from the CC Library.
All documents were in CMYK mode when swatches were added and used in CC Libraries.
I am not even touching the subject of Color Managed swatches in CC libraries.
To test:
https://adobe.ly/2rNCElc
https://adobe.ly/2IoEFeF
Ton Frederiks
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Maik Rossmann
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This bug is at least 2 years old now. Cannot understand why Adobe isn't fixing it since sharing swatches is an elementary task in supposingly every corporate design based workflow. See https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator/cc-library-color-switching-from-process-to-spot/td-p/9484872?page=1 for reference, too.
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I said:
"I am not even touching the subject of Color Managed swatches in CC libraries. "
But I do here:
https://creativecloudassets.uservoice.com/forums/905281-report-bugs/suggestions/35562232-colors-are-not-color-managed-in-cc-libraries -
Looks like a problem with Lab colors.
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I tested some other Pantone solid colors added from InDesign to a CC library.
When used in Illustrator, they all become Process colors, 100% Magenta, but keep their Pantone name when added by double clicking the swatch in a CC library.