Search for a spot color

You can easily search for and locate a spot color and the show the various libraries where the spot color is present.

You can use the Search color field to find a named spot color or a list of spot colors based on the search criteria. The spot color results are shown under the group names with small swatches next to spot color names.

Search for spot colors

You can search for custom spot colors and spot colors from the internal spot color library.

Type your search criteria in the Search color field located next to the Spot Pro toolbar icons.
You can search for parts of a named spot color. For example, if you search for “red”, Spot Pro will find all spot colors with “red” anywhere in their name.
Press Enter or click the magnifying glass icon (Search icon) to locate the spot colors that meet the specified search criteria. The typed text is not case-sensitive.
If the search criteria is less than three characters, the search results are limited to the currently selected group. You may search in all the groups by clicking the Search all Spot Color Libraries link. If the search criteria is three or more characters, the search is executed throughout all the spot color groups. The results are displayed in pages limiting to 500 results at a time.
A spot color can be selected from the search results. The search term remains in the Search color field with an ‘X’ icon.
If you click the Search color field area again, the search result will show again. You can choose to narrow the search or select another result from the list.
After you have executed a search, you can clear the current search criteria by clicking the ‘X’ icon to clear the search field and the search results, or the search result will be cleared automatically when you choose another major action such as a toolbar action, edit a spot color, or close the Spot Pro window. This allows you to search by different criteria.