Reply To: Using different colors for the same styles in chapters of a book

If each chapter is a separate InDesign file, can you just use the same Swatch name for all of them, but change the CMYK values for each chapter?

I.e. the swatch would say Chapter Key Color (or whatever name you like) but in Chapter 1 it would be a blue, in Chapter 2 a Red, etc.

Having different definitions for the same swatch name is something I would usually advise AGAINST from a production POV, but if used deliberately it might achieve the result you want.

Is that what you already tried? Or, perhaps I’m missing the point of what you are trying to do.