Reply To: re: blocking swatches

Okay. Seems like it should be able to do that. But clearly, it can’t. Per your comment early in this thread…

“…spot colors always get added”…which I’ve tested and confirmed…

Doesn’t it seem odd that the CMYK values aren’t recognized in an accuarate way? What am I missing?

I tried using a process color book designation (e.g. Pantone Process Coated), exported that file from Illustrator, placed in InDesign, but it doesn’t recognize the color…interestingly, a CMYK color from a “book” shows up as CMYK, whereas a Pantone spot color comes up as a “book” color (meaning in the swatches palette, the icons are different and if you double click on the swatch, the book color explictly says it’s a book color)…there being, I presume, no color profile setting in Illustrator beyond CMYK or RGB.

Sure is strange…