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If you’re like most designers then you probably have a predetermined assortment of shades that you like working with. Otherwise, you can simply continue on using the window it opened in. To make it populate in the Swatches menu, you can simply click on the swatch (or color group if it’s multiple swatches) to make it appear. Selecting it will open your saved swatch in a new window: You should see your saved swatch in that menu: When you save swatches in Illustrator, they will appear in the User Defined section.

Click on it and navigate down to where it says “ User Defined“. To open saved swatches in Illustrator, navigate to the Swatches Library menu in the Swatches window. The next time you open a new document, you may be disappointed to see that your swatches that you saved in Illustrator aren’t populating in the Swatches menu.

You will then be prompted to name your swatch and save it in the designated folder. The Swatches Library menu icon is located in the far bottom-left of the window.Ĭhoose Save Swatches from the menu. Select your swatches, then click the icon in the bottom-left corner of the Swatches menu that reads “ Swatches Library menu…” when you hover your cursor over it. Now that you’ve created your own custom color palette as swatches, it’s time to save your swatches in Illustrator so that you can open them up and use them any time you’d like. Then, choose “ Save Swatches…” from the list. Save Swatches In Illustrator To save swatches in Illustrator, select your swatch in the Swatches menu, and then open the Swatch Libraries menu. You can also use this menu to verify the color codes and set the color format.

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If you are saving a single object as a swatch, then instead of creating a color group, click the icon that reads New Swatch: The New Swatch button is represented by a plus (+) icon.ĭesignate a name for your swatch and then click OK. The chosen colors should now populate in the Swatches menu as a color group: Your new color group should be accessible in the Swatches menu. Make sure to choose “ selected artwork” and OK. You will be asked to name your color group, and you will also be asked how you’d like your group to be created. The New Color Group icon is represented by a folder. If you are creating a swatch from multiple objects, as in this example, first click the New Color Group button to add them as a color group. Open the Swatches menu by navigating to Window > Swatches.

With your objects selected, it’s time to create the swatch. The fill data of the objects selected will be added to a custom color group.īefore proceeding to the next step, click and drag over your object(s) using the Select Tool to select them. If you’d like to save just a single color or pattern then it will be saved as a swatch instead of a group of swatches. We will be saving each as swatches, in a group, in Illustrator.

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Generate a series of rectangles (or any shape, for that matter) that each contain the colors that you’d like your color palette to consist of. Step 1: Identify Your Object(s)įirst, identify the colors, gradients, or patterns you’d like to save as a swatch.įor this demonstration, I will be sampling colors from the following image: Continue on for the written instructions.

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