User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Tint Color Select the color to apply to the current color.
Tint value Enter the percentage of tint to be applied.
Swatchbook Shows colors made from 0-100% mixtures of two CMYK colors. To select
a color, click in the swatchbook; the color values appear in the text
boxes.
Select the two colors for the swatchbook. To add a third or fourth color,
enter percentages in the C M Y K text boxes.
Color wheel Click in the wheel or drag the selector to pick a color, or enter values in
the HSL text boxes.
Lightness Drag the slider or enter a number in the L text box to set the lightness
for the entire color wheel.
Gamut warning When the current color can’t be printed with CMYK inks, a warning
symbol and color box appear. Click the color box to replace the current
color with the closest color that is within the CMYK gamut.
Gamut warnings appear only in RGB and HSL systems.
PANTONE You can use commercial reference system colors for process and spot
colors. Choose PANTONE in the pop-up menu in the Color manager (see
"PANTONE" on page 234).
The PANTONE System includes hundreds of spot colors designed to be
printed with special inks. You should select the correct color group for
the paper stock on which the colors will be printed; e.g., the PANTONE
CVC colors are calibrated for printing on coated paper stock. The
PANTONE Pro-Sim colors are not spot colors. These colors are designed
to be printed with standard process inks.
Color systems
Use the drop-down menus to access to the various color controls. This will allow you to select a color
matching system and select colors that are needed for commercial printing.
To access the color system controls:
In the Attributes palette, click on a color system icon.
CMYK
RGB/Grayscale
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