User Guide

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Painting with custom colors
In Adobe Illustrator, a custom color may
be a spot color from a color matching
system or it may be a process color you
have named and saved for easy editing
or as a temporary placeholder for a spot
color. When separated, custom colors
are printed as individual separation.
(See About separations for more infor-
mation.)
To paint with custom colors:
1
Select the objects you want to fill or
stroke.
2 In the Paint Style palette, select the
Fill or Stroke box to indicate the
attribute you want to change.
3 Select the Custom Color option at the
top of the palette. A list of the available
patterns appears.
4 Select the custom color you want
from the list.
You can also type into the list to select
a custom color; for example, if you’re
using the PANTONE color