InDesign How-To: Set Default Color Swatches
Whether you create them from scratch or pull colors from an existing document, here's how to have the same swatches available right from the start in InDesign.
In this InDesign how-to video, Erica Gamet demos how to set default color swatches for all new InDesign documents. Whether you create them from scratch or pull colors from an existing document, she shows how have the same swatches available right from the start.
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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025
This article was first published on March 10, 2021
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