How to add cmyk and spot colors to custom color dialog drop down

[BookerW]

When I go to format text or a text box, and choose More Colors, and them
Choose the Custom tab:
On the Color Model, I am presented with two choices RGB and HSL,

Is it possible to add to those color models in Microsoft Word, so that I can
see CMYK , and Spot Colors?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Word does not support CMYK.

 

[BookerW]

THANKS..

What about Spot Colors? Is that the same thing. This question stems from a
discussion with my Communications and Publications department, that posed the
question to us (The IT department).

I say that to say, i know nothing about colors

Thanks again

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can do spot color, but Word doesn't do separations. Publisher can do
both spot and process color separations.

 

[Sares]

Spot colours are also known as Pantone colours - a single colour used in
commercial printing processes. A graphic designer will normally pick a
pantone (or spot colour) ie Patone 144, this is normally used in 2 colour
processes ie black and one other colour.

CMYK is also used by designers - this is 4 colours or known as 'full colour
process' in the print world.

RGB is Red, Green and Blue... and is 3 numbers and used by word.

You can find out the RGB colours if you know the Pantone or CYMK number in
Publisher (which supports RGB, CMYK, HSL and Pantone). For example create a
box in publisher and then colour it (right click, format picture, colours and
lines, fill, more colours, custom) with whatever you have ie Pantone 526,
click apply. Then go back into the box... change to RGB and the numbers
listed are: R: 122, G: 30, B: 153.

Write these numbers down... and tell Communications and Publications
department (make sure they write down and store somewhere).

Alternatively ask the original graphic designer what the RGBs numbers are...

Hope that helps. Sarah