15 Walsworth Using Color
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Basic Objective | InDesign PART 1 Terminology PROCESS COLOR Process colors are created by mixing percentages of the four colors used in printing – Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and blacK – also known as CMYK. Always be careful when mixing your own colors because what you see on your computer monitor does not necessarily reflect the color that will be printed in your book. FORMULA COLORS A Formula Color refers to specific blends of CMYK created by Walsworth that can be used on any four-color page in your book. There are 270 specially blended Walsworth Formula Colors. SPOT COLOR A spot color is a pre-mixed ink used to add a single color (non-black) usually to a black and white page. Walsworth gives you a selection of 42 spot colors that can be used on your yearbook pages. Please talk to your Walsworth yearbook representative concerning cost before using spot color in your book. COLOR CATALOG When you specify Formula Colors or spot colors on your pages, always choose the colors you want from Walsworth’s Color Catalog in The Process Kit. These printed versions of the colors will match more closely what will actually be printed on your yearbook pages. SWATCHES Swatches are predetermined colors loaded as a library in InDesign. The Swatches palette is used to contain these swatches. When you select colors from the Color Information dialog, these formula or spot colors will appear in the Swatches palette. The Swatches palette also makes it easy to apply colors to objects or text in your publication. basic objective 13 Understand and practice using color on your yearbook pages. PART 2 Activities 1. Practice using the Color Information plug-in to specify color for your pages. • Open a blank template. • Set the page numbers to 700-701 in the Modify Page Range dialog. • Make the page a four-color page. • Save the page in your Pages folder. • Click the Color Information button on the Control Center. • Click the +Formula check box to open the Color Selector. • In the Color Selector dialog that opens, click to check the color(s) you wish to use. Choose any three colors. • Click Apply Chosen Color(s). • Once your colors are chosen, click Apply Color Information. Your colors will be added to the Swatches palette.
Transcript of 15 Walsworth Using Color
Basic Objective | InDesign
Part 1 Terminology
PROCESS COLORProcess colors are created by mixing percentages of the four colors used in printing – Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and blacK – also known as CMYK. Always be careful when mixing your own colors because what you see on your computer monitor does not necessarily reflect the color that will be printed in your book.
FORMULA COLORSA Formula Color refers to specific blends of CMYK created by Walsworth that can be used on any four-color page in your book. There are 270 specially blended Walsworth Formula Colors.
SPOT COLORA spot color is a pre-mixed ink used to add a single color (non-black) usually to a black and white page. Walsworth gives you a selection of 42 spot colors that can be used on your yearbook pages. Please talk to your Walsworth yearbook representative concerning cost before using spot color in your book.
COLOR CATALOGWhen you specify Formula Colors or spot colors on your pages, always choose the colors you want from Walsworth’s Color Catalog in The Process Kit. These printed versions of the colors will match more closely what will actually be printed on your yearbook pages.
SWATCHESSwatches are predetermined colors loaded as a library in InDesign. The Swatches palette is used to contain these swatches. When you select colors from the Color Information dialog, these formula or spot colors will appear in the Swatches palette. The Swatches palette also makes it easy to apply colors to objects or text in your publication.
basicobjective 13 Understand and practice using color on your yearbook pages.
Part 2 Activities
1. Practice using the Color Information plug-in to specify color for your pages.• Open a blank template. • Set the page numbers to 700-701 in the Modify Page Range dialog.• Make the page a four-color page. • Save the page in your Pages folder. • Click the Color Information button on the Control Center. • Click the +Formula check box to open the Color Selector. • In the Color Selector dialog that opens, click to check the color(s) you wish to use. Choose any three colors. • Click Apply Chosen Color(s). • Once your colors are chosen, click Apply Color Information. Your colors will be added to the Swatches palette.
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2. Practice applying color to page elements.• On your page, create a text frame and type the headline, “Working Hard at the Summer Workshop.” • Select the headline by clicking on it with the Selection tool. • With the Swatches palette open (Window > Swatches), click on the color you wish to apply to the headline. The element will appear in the color you have applied.
• If you only want the first letter in each word to have a different color, use the Type tool to drag across that one letter. • Apply the color desired.• Place a piece of grayscale or line art ClikArt from the ClikArt folder in the Workshop folder on the page. • Select the element by clicking on it with the Direct Selection tool. • With the Swatches palette open (Window > Swatches), click on the color you wish to apply to the clip art. The element will appear in the color you have applied.
3. Practice applying colors and tints to the fill and stroke of page elements.• Using the Rectangle tool, draw a square on your page. • Select the box and then click to select the Stroke at the top of the Swatches palette. This will apply the color only to the border.
• Click the color you wish to apply. • Select the box again, then click to select the Fill at the top of the Swatches palette. This will apply the color only to the inside of the element.
• Click on a different color you wish to apply. • Follow the same instructions to apply color to either the fill or stroke of text, but click the Text Formatting (T) button at the top of the Swatches palette.
• Apply a fill and stroke to the headline you created.• To apply a tint to a color, click on the rectangle you created above. • Use the percentage drop-down menu at the top of the Swatches palette to select the percentage of color you wish to apply.
Part 3 Review
Fill in the blanks.
1. Spot color is usually used to add a _______________color to black and white pages.
2. CMYK, the four colors used to create process colors are _______________, _______________, _______________ and _______________.
3. The _______________ palette is used to control all document colors.
4. When you specify Formula Colors or Spot Colors on your pages, always choose the colors you want from Walsworth’s Color ______________.
5. There are 270 specially blended Walsworth Formula Colors that can be used on your _______________ pages.
6. To apply a tint to a color, you can use the percentage drop-down menu at the top of the _______________ palette to select the percentage of color you wish to apply.
7. Select the _______________ from the Control Center to assign the page as process color, black and white, color plus Formula or black and white plus spot.
