Adobe framemaker 6.0 User Manual

ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 6.0

You can define a color as a tint of an existing color. Tints are colors that are mixed with white. A tint is 
expressed by the percentage of the base color that is printed or displayed. A tint of 100% is equivalent to 
the pure base color, and a tint of 0% is equivalent to no color at all.

You can specify overprinting for a color. However, if overprinting is set for a graphic object, the object’s 
setting takes precedence. When a graphic object has no overprint statement, the overprint setting for the 
color is assumed.

You can set up color views to specify which colors are visible in a document. The color views for a 
document are specified in the Views statement. The current view for the document is identified in a 
DCurrentView statement.

The color of a FrameMaker document object is expressed in a property statement for that object. In this 
manual, the syntax description of a FrameMaker document object that can have a color property includes 
the appropriate color property substatement.

The ColorCatalog statement defines the contents of the Color Catalog. A document can have only one 
ColorCatalog statement, which must appear at the top level in the order given in “MIF file layout” on 
page 66.

The Color statement defines a color. It must appear within the ColorCatalog statement. Note that MIF 
version 5.5 and later supports multiple color libraries. The ColorPantoneValue statement has been 
replaced by the ColorFamilyName and ColorInkName statements.

<ColorCatalog

<Color…> 

Defines a color (see “Color statement,” next)

<Color…> 

Additional statements as needed

 … 

>

End of ColorCatalog statement