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Creating a process color
You assign colors that will be printed
with process inks by indicating percent-
ages for cyan, magenta, yellow, and
black. These are known as CMYK colors
(the letter “K” is used for black instead of
“B,” to prevent confusion with the color
blue). You can either type the percent-
ages in the Paint Style palette, or adjust
the Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black
sliders until the color you want appears
in the Fill or Stroke box in the palette.
Note: The Adobe Illustrator program
creates an approximate screen repre-
sentation for process and custom colors.
Because on-screen colors may be very
different from your printed output, it’s
important to calibrate your monitor and
to make four-color proofs for any colors
that you create. For information on
calibrating your monitor, see Step 1:
Calibrate your color monitor.