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Create Spot Color in PDF in Java

2019-02-26 07:48:36 Written by  support iceblue
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This article will demonstrate how to create spot color to PDF file using Spire.PDF in Java.

import com.spire.pdf.*;
import com.spire.pdf.colorspace.*;
import com.spire.pdf.graphics.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.geom.Point2D;


public class SpotColor {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        //Create a PdfDocument instance
        PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument();

        //Add a page
        PdfPageBase page = pdf.getPages().add();

        //Define the spot color "MySpotColor" from the built-in color.
        PdfRGBColor pdfRGBColor = new PdfRGBColor(new Color(148,0,211));
        PdfSeparationColorSpace cs = new PdfSeparationColorSpace("MySpotColor",pdfRGBColor);

        //Apply the spot color while drawing content on the page.
        PdfSeparationColor color = new PdfSeparationColor(cs, 1f);
        PdfSolidBrush brush = new PdfSolidBrush(color);
        page.getCanvas().drawString("Tint=1.0", new PdfFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 10f), brush, new Point2D.Float(160, 160));

        //Draw pie with spot color(DarkViolet)
        page.getCanvas().drawPie(brush, 148, 200, 60, 60, 360, 360);

        page.getCanvas().drawString("Tint=0.7", new PdfFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 10f), brush, new Point2D.Float(230, 160));
        color = new PdfSeparationColor(cs, 0.7f);
        brush = new PdfSolidBrush(color);
        page.getCanvas().drawPie(brush, 218, 200, 60, 60, 360, 360);

        page.getCanvas().drawString("Tint=0.4", new PdfFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 10f), brush, new Point2D.Float(300, 160));
        color = new PdfSeparationColor(cs, 0.4f);
        brush = new PdfSolidBrush(color);
        page.getCanvas().drawPie(brush, 288, 200, 60, 60, 360, 360);

        page.getCanvas().drawString("Tint=0.1", new PdfFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 10f), brush, new Point2D.Float(370, 160));
        color = new PdfSeparationColor(cs, 0.1f);
        brush = new PdfSolidBrush(color);
        page.getCanvas().drawPie(brush, 358, 200, 60, 60, 360, 360);


        //Save the document
        pdf.saveToFile("output/drawContentWithSpotColor.pdf");

    }
}

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Create Spot Color in PDF in Java

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