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2.1 Color Spaces

### 2.1.5 Spot Colors

A spot color is an additional color when printing documents. Print shops have lists of predefined spot colors and their corresponding CMYK values. Common spot color lists are HKS, Pantone and RAL.

Spot colors are used primarily for two reasons:

A well-defined color is required (e.g. for a company color).

You need a color, that can’t be created by mixing the classic printing colors C, M, Y and K (e.g. gold or gloss paint).

In PhotoLine you can create spot colors by using the document color list (see chapter 4.15).