Tint

A tint swatch.

Properties

Property Type Access Description
baseColor Color readonly The color that the tint is based on.
colorValue Array of number readonly The ink values that create the color, specified as a percentage for each ink. Note: The number of values required and the range depends on the color space. For RGB, specify three values, with each value in the range 0 to 255; for CMYK, specify four values representing C, M, Y, and K, with each value in the range 0 to 100; for LAB, specify three values representing L (Range: 0 to 100), A (Range: -128 to 127), and B (Range: -128 to 127); for mixed ink, specify values for each ink in the ink list, with each value in the range 0 to 100.
id number readonly The unique ID of the Tint.
index number readonly The index of the Tint within its containing object.
label string r/w A property that can be set to any string.
model ColorModel
:
SPOT
PROCESS
REGISTRATION
MIXEDINKMODEL
readonly The color model.
name string readonly The name of the Tint.
parent any readonly The parent of the Tint (a Application or Document).
properties Object r/w A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time.
space ColorSpace
:
RGB
CMYK
LAB
MIXEDINK
readonly The color space.
tintValue number r/w The percent of the base color. (Range: 0 to 100)

Methods

Tintduplicate ()
Duplicates the Tint.

string extractLabel (key:
string)
Gets the label value associated with the specified key.

Parameter Type Description
key string The key.

Array of TintgetElements ()
Resolves the object specifier, creating an array of object references.

void insertLabel (key:
string, value:
string)
Sets the label to the value associated with the specified key.

Parameter Type Description
key string The key.
value string The value.

Swatchmerge (with:
any)
Merges the specified swatches with the swatch.

Parameter Type Description
with Array of Swatches
Swatch
String
The swatches to merge. Can accept: Array of Swatches, Swatch or String.

void remove ([replacingWith:
Swatch])
Deletes the swatch.

Parameter Type Description
replacingWith Swatch The swatch to apply in place of the deleted swatch. (Optional)

string toSource ()
Generates a string which, if executed, will return the Tint.

string toSpecifier ()
Retrieves the object specifier.

Used in:

Tints.previousItem (

obj:
Tint )

Tints.nextItem (

obj:
Tint )

Returned by:

Tint Tint .duplicate (

)

Array of Tint Tint .getElements (

)

Tint Tints.add (
[color:
Color][, withProperties:
Object]
)

Tint Tints.anyItem (

)

Array of Tint Tints.everyItem (

)

Tint Tints.firstItem (

)

Tint Tints.item (
index:
any
)

Tint Tints.itemByID (
id:
number
)

Tint Tints.itemByName (
name:
string
)

Array of Tint Tints.itemByRange (
from:
any, to:
any
)

Tint Tints.lastItem (

)

Tint Tints.middleItem (

)

Tint Tints.nextItem (
obj:
Tint
)

Tint Tints.previousItem (
obj:
Tint
)

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