You will notice that the colors in your artwork change as you make adjustments in this dialog box. Refer to Figure 8-106.

Figure 8-106.  The color in the artwork will change as you apply and edit colors in the Recolor Artwork dialog box

If you like the color changes you make, as you go along, make sure to save your color swatches that you like frequently. It would be best to work on a copy of your graphic so you don’t have to recolor the original again.

You will notice that color groups found in the Swatches panel are stored on the right of the dialog box. Look for the arrow on the right to expand or collapse this area. Refer to Figure 8-107.

Figure 8-107.  Recolor Artwork dialog box for current color groups

As you create a group in the upper area, name the group you created, and click the folder to save the group. Refer to Figure 8-108.

Figure 8-108.  Recolor Artwork dialog box for current color groups adding a new color group

These color groups can be expanded to see all of the CMYK swatches and settings.

Refer to Figure 8-109.

Figure 8-109.  Recolor Artwork dialog box, reviewing the colors within the group

Other settings are the reset which allows you to restore back to the default colors in the artwork. Refer to Figure 8-110.

Figure 8-110.  Recolor Artwork dialog box, resetting colors in the current group

If you make changes to a selected color in a group with the HSB sliders, the name will turn italic; you can choose to save your changes to a color group and update the group. Refer to Figure 8-111.

Figure 8-111.  Recolor Artwork dialog box, saving changes to the edited color group

You can delete a selected color group by clicking the trash can icon or right-clicking the color group or swatch and choose Remove Color Group or remove color. Note that you cannot undo this step, so you may want to save a backup of the swatches group while in the recolor artwork box and give that group another name. Refer to Figure 8-112.

Figure 8-112.  Recolor Artwork dialog box, removing a color group and not a select color

While active, click the folder icon and then double-click the name of the new swatch to rename the group. Refer to Figure 8-113.

Figure 8-113.  Recolor Artwork dialog box, editing a color group

Once you have completed working with your swatches, click the OK button to exit so the color groups are officially saved. And click Yes to the message if you have not saved your recent changes to a new group. Refer to Figure 8-114.

Figure 8-114.  Recolor Artwork dialog box. Click OK and then Yes so that the color group is saved

They now appear in the Swatches panel with the rest of the swatches. Refer to Figure 8-115.

Figure 8-115.  Save colors groups that are created in the Recolor Artwork dialog box are now added to the Swatches panel

Note  I did not click one button in the Recolor Artwork dialog box, which was the Generative Recolor which we will look at shortly. If I had done that, I may have lost my saved settings in the Recolor Artwork dialog box before I clicked OK to confirm. Refer to Figure 8-116.

Figure 8-116.  Recolor Artwork now has a new button access to Generative Recolor Beta

Refer to the color_guide.ai file for reference.