Color Direct — Ink Standardization

Every named ink used in the last two months of Color Direct art, sorted by how the MV swatch library (the two Illustrator palettes) defines it. The goal is that every swatch is a Lab value (a device-independent, exact color). Each card also shows how the .ai files actually define the color, so artists can see what to fix.

.ai files scanned

named inks in use

files carry a swatch book

swatch is Lab

library defines it the right way

swatch is not-Lab

library entry is CMYK — convert it

not in the library

used in art — add to a swatch

ΔE = visible color distance. match <2 close 2–5 off ≥5 · Canonical = the value in the MV library ( INK inks in Lab + the -color Pantone+ Solid Coated book). Swatches rendered through the shop's SWOP profile.