In this week’s InDesignSecrets video, Mike Rankin shows us how to view the actual color of selected text in InDesign. Normally highlighted text is shown in its complementary color, but he demos a couple of tricks to quickly see color changes.
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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025
This article was first published on May 22, 2019
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