If you’re like most people, you probably have a lot of Illustrator files with colors that you don’t use anymore. Maybe you changed your mind about a color or it just doesn’t look as good in the final product as the other colors. Here’s how to save a color so that you can use it again later:

  1. Select the color that you want to save.
  2. Click the “Save Selection” button (the three lines in a triangle).
  3. In the “Save As” dialog box, type a name for the file and click Save. ..