Reply To: re: blocking swatches

I’m not sure that is correct tool for the job in this case. I’m working on a logo in Illustrator that has a specific set of CMYK values. When I place the logo in InDesign, I want to see the relevant colors in my Swatch palette. Spot colors are added automatically, but not CMYK values. Add unused colors is the most direct tool (and part of swatch palette) and really should be the way this is done. When I use the color theme, it only shows me hex values and I don’t see a gear or options menu to change the color space of that tool window.. I need a precise CMYK value. My files color settings are set to North American Prepress 2 through Bridge. I hope this additional info makes this more clear. Not sure why the Adobe team would move such a fundamental function out of the swatch palette out to some other tool.

I can use the “eyedropper” tool, but that only gives me RGB values, and when I try to convert that new swatch to CMYK, the values don’t match the original values set in Illustrator (a warning pops up that says it’s based on RGB, so I expected this to be wrong). But why? Why can’t InDesign just read the values from the Illustrator file?