Spot Color Extractor
Walk a PDF's color spaces and list every spot (Separation) color used — names, alternate color spaces, and which pages reference them.
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How does the Spot Color Extractor work?
List every spot colour (Separation / DeviceN ink) referenced in a PDF, with the alternate process colour-space and which pages use each ink. Useful before sending to a printer to verify your ink count: a 4-process + 1-spot job (CMYK + Pantone 187) costs less than CMYK + 3 strays accidentally embedded from imported logos. Each entry shows the spot ink name (e.g. PANTONE 287 C), the alternate process space (DeviceCMYK / DeviceRGB / Lab) used for screen preview, and the pages where it appears.
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Works in any modern browser — Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, Android, and tablets. No installation, no app to download. Just open the page and start.
⚡ Quick & easy
Drag, drop, click. Most files process in seconds, not minutes. No watermarks added to your output, no per-day limits, and the tool always shows the result before asking you to download.
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Free to use, every time. No account creation, no email required, no “trial” that converts to a paid plan. We make money from ads so you don’t have to pay.
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