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Josh525
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Apply Colors From Scheme Sites

Jul 9, 2012 9:37 AM

Hey guys,

 

I am currently trying to create a pastelle color scheme for my Logo.

What is the fastest way to eye drop/save & apply colors to AI shapes, directly from color scheme sites on the web such as the following ones?:

 

http://colorschemedesigner.com/

http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html

 

Also, does anyone have any recommendations of other tools for creating great pastel color schemes?

 

Many thanks,

j

732 Views   10 Replies   Latest reply: Josh525, Jul 14, 2012 7:30 AM
 
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  • Mike Gondek
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    1. Mike Gondek,
    Jul 9, 2012 9:54 AM   in reply to Josh525
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    1. Swatches palette flyout > Open swath library > colro books > Pantone Pastel
    2. Window > color guide > choose a color harmony
    3. color guide flyout menu > save colors as swatches
    4. When done convert the first color from Pantone to cmyk or rgb depending on your usage.

     

    Screen shot 2012-07-09 at 11.49.47 AM.png

     
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  • Kendall Plant
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    2. Kendall Plant,
    Jul 9, 2012 9:54 AM   in reply to Josh525
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    Have you tried using Adobe Kuler for generating color schemes? It can integrate directly with Illustrator. Here's a quick video tutorial.

     
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  • [scott w]
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    3. [scott w],
    Jul 9, 2012 10:11 AM   in reply to Kendall Plant
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    Colorschemedesigner.com will let you export an .aco file (from the menu > Export). Open that with Photoshop. Then save the swatches  as .ase from Photshop's swatch panel. Illustrator will open the .ase

     

    ColorSchemer.com has a desktop application which saves .ase files from that.

     
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  • Josh525
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    4. Josh525,
    Jul 9, 2012 11:07 AM   in reply to Mike Gondek
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    Thanks Mike!

     

    Dont quite understand step 4 though:

     

    "When done convert the first color from Pantone to cmyk or rgb depending on your usage?"

     
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  • [Jongware]
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    5. [Jongware],
    Jul 9, 2012 1:24 PM   in reply to Josh525
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    If you are using FireFox, you can install a plugin called "ColorZilla". Then you can grab any color palette straight out of a live web site and import it into Illustrator using a script I wrote:

     

    Fast way to import web colors

     

    -- but please note the final post in there. I have no idea why it would not work in some cases.

     
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  • Mike Gondek
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    6. Mike Gondek,
    Jul 9, 2012 1:30 PM   in reply to Josh525
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    No worries for step 4, your printer will likely take care of this, or the cmyk to rgb converison will likely be good enough.

     

    IN this case you start out with a spot colro of PMS 0821 that would require an additional spot colro ink to print on press.

    Screen shot 2012-07-09 at 3.26.02 PM.png

    Chaneg the valeus to belwo, and this will now print in the Cyan and Yellow channels

     

    Screen shot 2012-07-09 at 3.26.11 PM.png

     
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  • Josh525
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    7. Josh525,
    Jul 11, 2012 3:45 PM   in reply to [scott w]
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    Thanks Scott,

     

    ... so is this the quickest way to get a color schemers colors into objects in AI? Is there no way of "eye dropping" them in (or some other very shorthand method, for applying colors to shapes quickly, to test how they look next to each other)?

     
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  • Josh525
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    8. Josh525,
    Jul 11, 2012 3:47 PM   in reply to Mike Gondek
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    Mike,

     

    Is there a way of getting the Color Books to work more like colorschemer.com and other schemer sites - where you can click on a color you like and it will surround that color with other complimentary colors? This is a good way for me to work..

     
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  • Ton Frederiks
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    9. Ton Frederiks,
    Jul 11, 2012 5:43 PM   in reply to Josh525
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    Josh,

    "eye dropping" is possible. This is the Mac way of doing it:

    Make sure both the Illiustrator window and the Browser window are visible next to each other.

    In Illustrator, select the Eyedropper tool.

    Hold down the Shift key and the mouse button and drag to a colour in the Browser window (it does not have to be a Browser window, it can be any other visible window on your screen).

    If you have an object selected in Illustrator, it will be filled with the colour when you release the mouse button.

     

    Ton

     
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  • Josh525
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    10. Josh525,
    Jul 14, 2012 7:30 AM   in reply to Ton Frederiks
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    Thanks!

     
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