First Class Illustrator Spot Colour
You need to specify exactly what green you want the printers to use.
Illustrator spot colour. Illustrator lets you specify a named color as either global or nonglobal and InDesign treats all unnamed colors as nonglobal process colors. Swatches make it easier to modify color schemes without having to locate and adjust each individual object. Color is a SPOT COLOR the swatch in the Swatches palette will have a unique appearance.
This screen shot isfrom Adobe Illustrator CC 2015. Click to open theLimits the color group to colors in aswatch librarymenu. In Illustrator CS2 when a gradient mesh contains more than one spot color or a process color and a spot color Illustrator converts the mesh to the documents process color space.
The easiest is to simply select all artwork and use the command Edit Edit Colors Convert to CMYK to quickly convert any Pantone PMS color to Process CMYK values. Spot colors are specially blended inks that are used in commercial printing when color consistency is critical. Select that and youre just about done.
I just upgraded from AI 2015 to 2019. Illustrator suggests these color values. Perform a Save As so that you dont overwrite your spot colour version.
The InDesign equivalents to global colors are swatches. Edit Edit Colors Recolor Artwork. 22c 100m 89y 15k.
Name it whatever youd like and change the color type to Spot Color. The menu will be in same general vicinity in earlier versions that offer the option to recolor the artwork but is so non-conspicuousthat you may have to hunt for it. Use a single pre-mixed green spot colour ink rather than printing green tones with the normal CMYK process cyan magenta yellow black.