Rahul Sharma: Hello. Welcome to Adobe Technical Support.
Mirjam Pijning: Hi
Rahul Sharma: Please allow me 1-2 minutes while I review your issue.
Rahul Sharma: As I can understand, you want to use PMS 2148C swatch color, is that correct ?
Mirjam Pijning: That is correct
Mirjam Pijning: But it is not available in the color book PMS Solid Coated
Rahul Sharma: I apologize for the inconvenience.
Rahul Sharma: I'll be glad to help you with your issue today.
Rahul Sharma: May I have your phone number to update your profile?
Mirjam Pijning: +31 6 46 23 03 62
Rahul Sharma: Thank you for sharing phone number.
Rahul Sharma: Which version of Illustrator and Indesign you are using ?
Mirjam Pijning: CC
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Rahul Sharma: I would like to inform you that there are limited set of colors provided with Illustrator/Indesign, for more colors you will need to contact Pantone.
Mirjam Pijning: Which is pretty ridiculous, since Adobe claims to have THE software for graphic designers
Mirjam Pijning: Pantone cannot change your product, can they?
Rahul Sharma: It is not about changing software it is about colors. There are a number of colors available in Swatches Library but when need a specific Pantone color it might not be available because there is limited set of Pantone color available, you can create a new color swatch in Illustrator Indesign but the name color swatch is defined by Pantone so you will need to contact Pantone to get the exact color you are looking for.
Mirjam Pijning: I should think that making more colors available IS about changing software. Sad to hear you cannot help me.
Rahul Sharma: I apologize for the inconvenience.
Rahul Sharma: Please submit a feature request using this form : http://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html
Rahul Sharma: We consider your suggestion in future releases.
Rahul Sharma: We will consider your suggestion in future releases.

Has anyone else out there found themselves wondering why Adobe products don't have the very latest Pantone swatches installed as standard? I have a situation today where a customer has found a specific Pantone colour they want to use in a project - but it's a Pantone Plus colour, PMS 2374. If you try to add this swatch in InDesign it won't be there.

It seems that the only way I can use this PMS colour is to buy a bit of software from Pantone called 'Pantone Color Manager' that costs £90.

I just find myself thinking that I already pay for my Adobe software so it seems a bit much to have to pay more. Does anyone else feel the same way?

I know Adobe and Pantone are different companies , but surely some kind of deal could be struck. After all, Pantone colours are pretty integral to most design processes and as designers we can't avoid using them.

In PS and AI, there're a lot of built-in color/gradient libraries, and when you want to select a color, you ca just append them or open a color library, but in indesign, there're no ways you can do so, a lot of the color selecting work is done by guessing unless you know which color you want to choose

I hope there will be a built-in color library (if the interactive buttons can have a built-in library and why don't we add a sample color library?

I know the "Official" way to do this is using Adove Color Theme Panel, but lets face it, this panel is takes so long to load the UI, and everytime you switch between different pane, it takes a long time to load the UI as well. not a good idea when you just want to choose color on the fly

The Color Group function is really useful, but it only works in the creation phase if you select multiple colours. There's no obvious way to add a colour to a group after it's been created - there's no contextual menu option, there's no palette menu option, and seemingly, you can't drag and drop it into the folder, which is counterintuitive as this is something users do all the time with Layers. Similarly, color groups should function the same way inside the CC Libraries palette. There should be a shortcut to add any selected Swatch or Color Group to the current Library, with a warning if duplicates already exist (based on color value, not name); with option to keep separate swatches or replace with new one.

I have a workbook/training document that has sections, and each section uses a different color scheme. I used the Color Theme tool to create the different color themes for the various sections. But with each new theme, I lost the preceding floating palette. It would be so helpful to be able to reopen a color theme floating palette that is based on a theme you saved in the Swatches panel. It would be more convenient to drag the floating palette around the screen (near to the objects where you want to apply fill or stroke) than to have to undock, drag, expand, and collapse the color palette itself, especially if you have a workspace all arranged that you don't want to disrupt. Plus, the floating palette has larger color thumbnails than does the swatch palette, so swatches are easier to see on monitors where the resolution is set high.