Colour Features in Adobe Creative Suite

Colour Features in Adobe Creative Suite

HSB Based on the human perception of color, the HSB model describes three fundamental characteristics of color: Hue, Saturation, Brightness Hue Color reflected from or transmitted through an object. It is measured as a location on the standard color wheel, expressed as a degree between 0 and 360. In common use, hue is identified by the name of the color, such as red, orange, or green. Saturation Strength or purity of the color (sometimes called chroma). Saturation represents the amount of gray in proportion to the hue, measured as a percentage from 0% (gray) to 100% (fully saturated). On the standard color wheel, saturation increases from the center to the edge. Brightness Relative lightness or darkness of the color, usually measured as a percentage from 0% (black) to 100% (white).

Lab The CIE Lab color model is based on the human perception of color. It is one of several color models produced by the Commission Internationale d Eclairage (CIE), an organization dedicated to creating standards for all aspects of light. The numeric values in Lab describe all the colors that a person with normal vision sees.

Color spaces and gamuts A color space is a range of colors in the visible spectrum. A color space can also be a variant of a color model. Adobe RGB, Apple RGB, and srgb are examples of different color spaces based on the same color model. Gamuts of different color spaces A. Visual gamut B. RGB color space C. CMYK color space The range of color encompassed by a color space is called a gamut. The different devices (computer monitor, scanner, desktop printer, printing press, digital camera) throughout your workflow operate within different color spaces and each with different gamuts. Some colors within the gamut of your computer monitor are not within the gamut of your inkjet printer, and vice versa. When a color cannot be produced on a device, it s considered to be outside the color space of that particular device. In other words, the color is out of gamut.

About spot and process colors You can designate colors as either spot or process color types, which correspond to the two main ink types used in commercial printing. In the Swatches panel, you can identify the color type of a color using icons that appear next to the name of the color. When applying color to paths and frames, keep in mind the final medium in which the artwork will be published, so that you apply color using the most appropriate color mode.

About selecting colors You can select colors for your artwork from a variety of tools, panels, and dialog boxes in Illustrator. How you select color depends on the needs of your artwork. For example, if you want to use specific company-approved colors, you ll want to select colors from the company-approved swatch library. If you want to match your colors with colors in other artwork, you can use the eyedropper or the Color Picker and enter exact color values. You can use any of the following features for selecting color: Swatches panel and swatch library panels Provide individual colors and color groups. You can choose from preexisting swatches and libraries or create your own. You can also import libraries. Color Picker Provides a color spectrum from which you can visually select colors, color value text boxes for manually defining colors, and color swatches. Eyedropper tool Samples colors from your artwork when you click. eyedropper tool

About selecting colors continued Color Guide panel Provides several harmony rules to choose from for creating color groups using a base color that you choose. You can create variations of colors using tints and shades, warm and cool colors, or vivid and muted colors. From the Color Guide panel you can open a color group in the Live Color dialog box. Live Color dialog box Provides tools for precisely defining or adjusting the colors in a color group or artwork. You can also recolor your artwork using the colors from the color group, or reduce or convert your colors for output. New Color Group button Create a new color group containing the colors in selected artwork. This command and button are both located in the Swatches panel.

Swatches panel overview Choose Colour Books in the pull down menu to create a swatch PANTONE library or choose one of the thematic colour systems from the list eg Earthtones

Color Picker overview The Color Picker lets you select an object s fill or stroke color by choosing from a color field and spectrum, defining colors numerically, or clicking a swatch. Color Picker A. Color field B. HSB color values C. Current color D. Previous color E. Color spectrum slider F. Color spectrum G. RGB color values H. Hexadecimal color value I. CMYK color values Display the Color Picker Double-click the fill or stroke color selection box in the Tools panel or Color panel. Change the color spectrum displayed in the Color Picker Click a letter: H (Hue), S (Saturation), B (Brightness), R (Red), G (Green), or B (Blue). Display only web-safe colors Web-safe colors are those used by all web browsers, regardless of the platform.select Only Web Colors. View color swatches instead of the color spectrum Click Color Swatches. Click Color Models to return to view the color spectrum.

Color panel overview You use the Color panel (Window > Color) to apply color to an object s fill and stroke, and also to edit and mix colors. The Color panel can display color values using different color models. By default, only the most commonly used options are visible in the Color panel. Color panel A. Fill color B. Stroke color C. panel menu D. None box E. Color spectrum bar F. Color slider G. Text box for a color component Change the color model Select Grayscale, RGB, HSB, CMYK, or Web Safe RGB from the panel menu. Show all options in the panel Select Show Options from the panel menu. Alternatively, click the double triangle on the panel s tab to cycle through the display sizes.

Change the tint of a color Select a global process color or spot color in the Swatches panel, or select an object to which you ve applied a global process color or spot color. In the Color panel, drag the T slider or enter a value in the text box to modify the color s intensity. The tint range is from 0% to 100%; the lower the number, the lighter the tint will be. If you don t see the T slider, make sure that you have a global process color or spot color selected. If you still don t see the T slider, choose Show Options from the Color panel menu. To save the tint as a swatch, drag the color to the Swatches panel, or click the New Swatch button in the Swatches panel. The tint is saved with the same name as the base color, but with the tint percentage added to the name. For example, if you saved a color named Sky Blue at 50 percent, the swatch name would be Sky Blue 50%.

About color groups and Colour Guides A color group is an organization tool that lets you group related color swatches together in the Swatches panel. In addition, a color group can be a container for color harmonies, which you create using the Live Color dialog box or the Color Guide panel. Color groups can contain only solid colors which include spot, process, or global colors. Gradients and patterns cannot be grouped. You can use the Color Guide panel or the Live Color dialog box to create harmonious color groups. Using either feature, you can choose a harmony rule to instantly generate a color scheme based on any color you want. For example, choose the Monochromatic harmony rule to create a color group containing all the same hue, but with different saturation levels. Or choose the High Contrast or Pentagram harmony rule to create a color group with contrasting colors for more visual impact.

Live Color overview You use the Live Color dialog box to create and edit color groups, as well as reassign or reduce the colors in your artwork. All of the color groups that you create for a particular document appear in the Color Groups storage area of the Live Color dialog box (as well as the Swatches panel). You can select and use these color groups at anytime.

Live Color overview Create or edit color groups, and assign colors using the Live Color dialog box. A. Create and edit a color group in the Edit tab B. Assign colors in the Assign tab C. Select a color group from the Color Groups list The Recolor Art option at the bottom of the dialog box lets you preview colors on selected artwork, and specifies whether or not artwork is recolored when you close the Live Color dialog box.

Create a color group in Live Color If the color bars are showing, click the Color Wheel icon to display the color wheel instead. Set the base color by doing one of the following: Drag the base color marker (the largest, double-ringed color marker) around the wheel to set the base color you want. Adjust the color sliders at the bottom of the dialog box. Choose a new harmony rule or move the color markers, as desired. To preview the new colors on selected artwork, click Recolor Art. Note: Recolor Art will recolor selected artwork when you click OK to close the dialog box. If you don t want to recolor the selected art, make sure to deselect this option before clicking OK. Type a name in the Name box to the right of the Harmony rules menu, and click New Color Group. Note: if the New Color Group icon is not visible, click the Show Color Group Storage icon. To save the new color group to the Swatches panel, click OK and close the Live Color dialog box. Note: You can also create a color group by using the Color Guide. (See Create a color harmony using the Color Guide.) For a video on creating, editing, and experimenting with color groups in Live Color, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0059.?

Create a color group in Live Color You create a color group in the Live Color dialog box by choosing a base color and a harmony rule. The harmony rule uses the base color as the basis for generating the colors in the color group. For example, if you choose a blue base color and the Complementary harmony rule, a color group is created using the base color, blue, and its compliment, red. As you manipulate the colors in the color wheel, the selected harmony rule continues to govern the colors that are generated for the group. To break the harmony rule and edit the colors freely, click the Unlink button. Open the Live Color dialog box, and choose a color harmony from the Harmony Rules menu, if desired. Note: To confine colors to a swatch library, click the Limits The Color Scheme To Colors In A Swatch Library button, and choose a library from the list.?

Edit colors in the Live Color dialog box Editing colors in the Live Color dialog box is a convenient way to globally adjust the colors in selected artwork. It is especially useful when global colors weren t originally used in the artwork s creation. You can edit colors and color groups in the Live Color dialog box and apply your edits to selected artwork, or save the edited colors for later use. When editing colors, you use the smooth color wheel, the segmented color wheel, or the color bars.

Assign colors to your artwork The Assign tab of the Live Color dialog box lets you assign colors from a color group to your artwork. You can assign colors in the following ways: Assign new colors to your artwork using a color group from the Color Groups list. Assign new colors to your artwork using a new color group chosen from the Harmony Rule menu. Reassign current artwork colors amongst themselves. You can reset the Live Color dialog box so that the artwork is displayed with its original colors by clicking Get Colors From Selected Art. Original artwork colors (top), assigning new colors by selecting a color group in the Color Groups list (center), and assigning new colors by creating a new color group using the Harmony Rule menu (bottom).

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