Pantone Color Changes to CMYK
When I have an object that has a pantone color associated with it but then the pantone swatch is deleted from the swatch panel, the object color changes to cmyk instead of keeping its pantone color. This is causing issues with printing, as it will print a different color than it is supposed to.
Jay
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When a spot color is deleted from the Swatches panel, Illustrator has to convert all the colors in the document to a process color instead, because they loose the link to the now deleted spot swatch.
This is how it works and it can’t be changed. The spot color should remain in a document’s swatches if it is used in it.
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Jay, this is how it works in Illustrator.. If you have a spot color in a document, it should stay in swatches. When you delete it, it can no longer be present in a document and thus is converted. Just leave swatches you use.