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Document.ColorsInUse Property

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Publisher Developer Reference

Returns a ColorsInUse collection that represents the colors present in the current publication. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.ColorsInUse

expression   A variable that represents a Document object.

Return Value
ColorsInUse

Remarks

The ColorsInUse collection supports all the publication color models: RGB, process colors, and spot color.

For process color and spot color publications, colors are based on inks. For a given ink, a publication may contain several colors that are different tints or shades of that ink. Use the Plates collection to access the plates that represent the inks defined for a publication.

This property corresponds to the Colors tab of the Color Printing dialog box.

Example

The following example lists properties of each color in the active publication that is based on the specified ink. This example assumes the publication's color mode has been defined as spot color or process and spot color.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub ListColorsBasedOnInk()
Dim cfLoop As ColorFormat

For Each cfLoop In ActiveDocument.ColorsInUse


With cfLoop
    If .Ink = "2" Then
        Debug.Print "BaseRGB: " & .BaseRGB
        Debug.Print "RGB: " & .RGB
        Debug.Print "TintShade: " & .TintAndShade
        Debug.Print "Type: " & .Type
    End If
End With



Next cfLoop


End Sub

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