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Adobe Illustrator Help Producing Consistent Color
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or imported into Illustrator, that object will retain its grayscale qualities but will not be
color-managed.
To open the Color Settings dialog box:
Choose Edit > Color Settings.
To display helpful descriptions of the terminology and options in the dialog box, position
the mouse over a section heading or menu item. These descriptions appear in the lower
area of the dialog box.
Using predefined color management settings
Illustrator offers a collection of predefined color management settings, each with corre-
sponding color profile and conversion options designed to preserve consistent color for a
particular publishing workflow under typical conditions. In most cases, the predefined
settings will provide sufficient color management for your needs.
To choose a predefined color management setting:
1 Choose Edit > Color Settings.
2 For Settings, choose one of the following configuration options:
Emulate Adobe
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Illustrator
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6.0 Emulates the color workflow used by Illustrator 6.0 and
earlier. This configuration does not recognize or save color profiles in documents. When
you choose this configuration, the Assign Profile and soft-proofing commands are not
available, and color management options in the Print dialog box are not available.
Custom Uses the settings you choose in the Color Settings dialog box.
Color Management Off Uses minimal color management settings to emulate the
behavior of applications that do not support color management. Use this option for
content that will be output on video or as onscreen presentations.
ColorSync Workflow (Mac OS only) Manages color using the ColorSync 3.0 CMS with
the profiles chosen in the ColorSync control panel. This color management configuration
is not recognized by Windows systems, or by earlier versions of ColorSync.
Emulate Acrobat 4 Emulates the color workflow used by Adobe Acrobat 4.0 and earlier.
Emulate Photoshop 4 Emulates the color workflow used by Adobe Photoshop 4.0 and
earlier.
Europe Prepress Defaults Manages color for content that will be output under common
press conditions in Europe.
Japan Prepress Defaults Manages color for content that will be output under common
press conditions in Japan.
Photoshop 5 Default Spaces Emulates the color workflow used by Adobe
Photoshop 5.0
U.S. Prepress Defaults Manages color for content that will be output under common
press conditions in the U.S.
Web Graphics Defaults Manages color for content that will be published on the World
Wide Web.
When you choose a predefined configuration, the Color Settings dialog box updates to
display the specific color management settings associated with the configuration.
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