Working with Pantone spot colors

to work with and troubleshoot spot colors. … And as you may recall, spot colors are premixed inks … that do not separate to the process components, … cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. … And so, in the case of this logo, … we're looking at a total of three spot colors, … and nothing more. … They all come to us from the Pantone library, … to an international industry standard. … And so, just so you're familiar with what's going on here, … the blue is set in Pantone 285, … and then the text is set in Pantone black 6. … Now, as you can see, … I've got my separations preview panel up on screen, … and if you're not seeing yours, … then you can go to the Window menu … The problem is, I'm not seeing my inks, … Now, there's nothing that says … that you have to work in CMYK, … In fact, it makes no difference whatsoever … where spot colors are concerned, … because after all, these spot colors exist … independently of CMYK, RGB, or any other color model. … However, if we're not going to be able to populate …