Category: Colors

Download PDF Guide ↗ This reference guide details how to add swatches to eDesign while working on a page. Follow these steps to add a color while on a page: Click on the Fill Color icon in the Control Panel up top. Click Add Swatch in the Fill Color modal that opens up. Optional –…

  Checking if a Color is in your Palette To see if a color is in your palette: Select an object with the color  Click the Fill or Stroke panel (whichever uses the color)  If no swatch square is highlighted, the color is outside your palette (selected by advisers and editors in settings) Replacing Object…

  Colors in eDesign work in the CMYK color space for printing — not the RGB colors you see on screen. Here’s what you need to know about applying and managing color swatches: Color accuracy: Colors on your monitor (RGB) don’t precisely match how they’ll print (CMYK). Use the printed color samples and colors poster…

  Understanding Color in eDesign Monitor colors are in RGB (light-based) — the way a color looks on screen is not necessarily how it will print. Yearbook colors are printed in CMYK (ink-based) — always choose colors using the Colors Poster from your yearbook kit or a professional CMYK swatch book, not by how they…