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1. If you have the original file, sample the color that was matched in your graphic design
application with the eye dropper tool. This will give you the RGB value of that color.
Input this value into the RGB Input Color fields of the Custom Palette section.
2. If you do not have the original file or the artwork has not yet been designed, simply click
on the ‘Input Color Chooser’ button, and then click on “Define Custom Colors”. From
the color matrix, find a color that closely resembles the color that you are adding to the
custom palette. At the bottom-right of the color matrix window are the RGB values.
Simply click ‘OK’ and the RGB Input Color values will be automatically entered. Please
take note of these RGB values for later use in your design applications.
Click the Add Color button. A window will pop up asking you whether you want to add the
color to the palette for all substrates or just the current substrate. Click ‘YES’ here unless
you have the same custom color saved on palettes for other substrates. Another window
will then ask you if you want to save the custom color for all resolutions or just the current
one. Click ‘YES’ here unless you have the same custom color saved on palettes for other
resolutions.
Lastly, click the Save Palette button. When finished, simply Exit out of the window.
* The ‘Import Palette’ and ‘Export Palette’ buttons are convenient to have in the event you need to
transfer palettes to and from different computers.
It is possible to add your custom color(s) swatch to an application palette as well. You will need to
take note of the Input Color RGB value that you assigned in the previous step in order to create
the new swatch. Refer to your specific design application software’s manual for instructions on
this.