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Color, Strokes, and Fills
FreeHand lets you create a list of named colors for each document. You can
create and edit colors using the Color Mixer and Tints panels, and you can
manage the color lists using the Swatches panel. You can also import and export
a library of colors.
You can apply colors to strokes and fills several ways: by using the Stroke and Fill
inspectors, dragging colors, choosing colors from the pop-up color boxes on the
Tools panel, and using the Eyedropper tool to copy colors from other objects in
the document.
In addition to basic colors, you can also apply a variety of advanced stroke and fill
effects to objects.
Note: The onscreen accuracy of color depends on the current settings of the Color
Management preferences. For information about how to to set onscreen colors to closely
approximate colors in your final output, see “Color Management” on page 301.
Spot and process colors
Spot and process colors correspond to the two main ink types used in
commercial printing.
A process color is printed using a combination of the four standard CMYK
process inks: cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. By blending these inks in
varying proportions, the printer can reproduce most colors.
A spot (or custom) color is a special premixed ink that is used with, or instead of,
CMYK process inks, and which requires its own plate on the press.