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Class InDesign #50: CMYK Swatch: Create, Apply, and Change Color at Once

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InDesign Tutorial: CMYK Swatch, Swatches Panel, New Color Swatch, applying color to objects and text, edit global swatch. Episode 50 of the Complete Adobe InDesign Series.

Software: Adobe InDesign
Level: Beginner
Duration: ± 4 min
Series total: 6 h 7 min · 104 videos
Published: October 28, 2026

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Class InDesign #50: CMYK Swatch: Create, Apply, and Change Color at Once: Cover: Class InDesign #50: Swatch CMYK: Creating, Applying, and Changing Colors at Once

Class InDesign #50: CMYK Swatch: Create, Apply, and Change Color at Once: Before you start, steps list, and Step 1

Class InDesign #50: CMYK Swatch: Create, Apply, and Change Color at Once: Steps 2–3: New Color Swatch

Class InDesign #50: CMYK Swatch: Create, Apply, and Change Color at Once: Steps 4–5: Applying to Objects

Class InDesign #50: CMYK Swatch: Create, Apply, and Change Color at Once: Step 6: Editing Swatch

Class InDesign #50: CMYK Swatch: Create, Apply, and Change Color at Once: Done: Final Result and Further Practice

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Introduction

This is what we will create in this episode: a CMYK color swatch named in the Swatches panel, applied to a poster, and then changed all at once by simply editing the swatch. Let's get started. Hello, welcome back to the Complete Adobe InDesign Series from Cerdas Inovasi Digital. Colors for print documents should be created as CMYK swatches. Swatches ensure consistent colors throughout the document and are easy to change at any time. Open the poster file that is still in black and white.

Step 1: CMYK and Swatches Panel

Printers use 4 inks: cyan, magenta, yellow, and black, abbreviated as CMYK. Open the Swatches panel. The icon with four color boxes on the right indicates the CMYK process swatch.

Step 2: New Color Swatch

Click the Swatches panel menu and then New Color Swatch. Uncheck the name with color value and name it Night Blue. Make sure color tie process and color mode are set to CMYK. Set cyan to 100, magenta to 80, yellow to 20, and black to 30, then OK.

Step 3: Second and Third Swatch

Create an orange swatch with magenta 60 and yellow 95, and a light pink swatch with light values. Naming swatches clearly makes it easier for the team to understand the design palette. Select the background box and click the Night Blue swatch.

Step 4: Apply to Object

Select the ribbon and click orange. For the buttons, activate the stroke icon in the Swatches panel and click orange, so the buttons have an orange edge. Select the title text with type 2 and click the light pink swatch. Select the info text and click Night Blue. The T icon in the Swatches panel shows that the color is being applied to the text, not to the frame.

Step 6: Edit Swatch

The client wants a warmer tone. Click twice on the Night Blue swatch and change magenta to 90 and cyan to 85. Click OK. All objects and text with the Night Blue swatch change simultaneously.

Done!

Done. We have now understood CMYK, created a named swatch with new color swatch, applied it to fill, stroke, and text, and changed the swatch so that all objects change at once. In the next episode, we will create tint and spot colors. Need a layout design for a magazine, book, brochure, product catalog, company profile, or annual report? Cerdas Inovasi Digital provides layout and print design services, as well as opens InDesign courses from beginner to advanced levels. Want to master the entire series? 104 episodes from the interface to magazine and book projects? All episodes, complete with PDF step-by-step guides, exercise files, and project files, are available for premium tutorial subscribers. Subscribe starting at Rp69.000 per month, save 28% with the 12-month package, or pay once Rp999.000 for lifetime access. Want just one class? Buy single classes with lifetime access. Subscribe now at the premium page cerdasinovasidigital.com Contact us via WhatsApp, or visit cerdasinovasidigital.com Thank you for watching, see you in the next episode. Thank you for watching, see you in the next episode. Thank you for watching!

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0:03Introduction

0:36Step 1: CMYK and Swatches Panel

0:52Step 2: New Color Swatch

1:11Step 3: Second and Third Swatch

1:29Step 4: Apply to Object

1:55Step 6: Edit Swatch

2:12Done!

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0:03Introduction

0:36Step 1: CMYK and Swatches Panel

0:52Step 2: New Color Swatch

1:11Step 3: Second and Third Swatch

1:29Step 4: Apply to Object

1:55Step 6: Edit Swatch

2:12Done!

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Introduction

Step 1: CMYK and Swatches Panel

Step 2: New Color Swatch

Step 3: Second and Third Swatch

Step 4: Apply to Object

Step 6: Edit Swatch

Done!

Introduction

Step 1: CMYK and Swatches Panel

Step 2: New Color Swatch

Step 3: Second and Third Swatch

Step 4: Apply to Object

Step 6: Edit Swatch

Done!