Note
If you exit Illustrator with the PANTONE library panel still open and then relaunch
Illustrator, the panel does not reopen. To automatically open the panel whenever
Illustrator opens, choose Persistent from the PANTONE+ Solid Coated panel menu (
).- Choose 2 Pantone from the Artboard Navigation menu in the lower-left corner of the
Document window.
The artboard should fit in the Document window. If it’s not, you can choose View > Fit
Artboard In Window.
With the Selection tool ( ), click the light gray guitar shape.
Click the Fill box ( ) in the Properties panel to show the swatches, and select the PANTONE
137 C swatch to fill the shape.
Choose Select > Deselect and then choose File > Save.
PANTONE swatches vs. other swatches in the
Swatches panel
In the Swatches panel, you can Identify spot-color swatches by the spot-color Icon ( )
when the panel Is In List view or by the dot In the lower corner ( ) when the panel is in
Thumbnail view. Process colors do not have a spot-color icon or a dot.Creating and saving a tint of a color
A tint is a mixture of a color with white to make the color lighter. You can create a tint from a
global process color, like CMYK, or from a spot color. Next, you’ll create a tint of the Pantone
swatch you added to the document.- With the Selection tool ( ), press the Shift key and click the two darker gray shapes on the