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Creating a mix ink swatch

Creating a mix ink swatch - InDesign Tutorial

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Creating a mix ink swatch

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- [Instructor] I'm currently working on this business card that originally was just a black-and-white design. So I've been using the black swatch here for all the text you see here, and I have used the exact same black swatch here as a 10% tint for the background and an 80% tint for this left-hand graphic here. Now the last thing I did was I just placed in this Illustrator graphic, which consists of two Pantone colors, and this is the logo of the hotel. Now the reason I brought in a Pantone-colored logo is because I'm now able to add some additional color to this business card, and I'll be able to let the black color go. Now what I need to do is I need to reuse these two Pantone colors that came from the logo. But of course, by default, my options are always limited. For example, yes, I could, for example, just select a text and apply this purple Pantone color, and I could maybe click this option here and then apply…

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