zenColor™ respects the Licensee’s privacy and does not access or view the Content created or loaded into designPro. At times, however, zenColor™ may need to access or view the Licensee’s Content to (a) respond to support requests; (b) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, unlawful, or technical issues; and (c) enforce these Terms.

The answer is yes, provided you are a zenColor™ designPro licensee, your fees are current, and follow the guidelines for proper usage of our registered trademark. We created ZCC as a cross-referencing tool.  No matter what name is assigned to a color, the ZCC numbering system will help both you and your customers to identify it. For questions regarding usage, please contact: info@zencolor.com

You will be alerted to free updates through your email as they become available. The Product Version Number, which appears in orange (ZCC-3985), can be found in the About zenColor panel. This number will let you know if you are running a current or an old version.

The License Key Number is a serial number that is used by zenColor™ Corporation to authenticate and activate (or deactivate) your zenColor™ designPro software. The number is unique to each Licensee’s individual software and can be located in the “About zenColor™” panel.

You can check your subscription renewal date by looking in the “About zenColor™” panel found in the pop-up side menu. You will be sent a reminder email 14 days before the anniversary date of your zenColor™ designPro subscription. Unless you elect to discontinue use of your zenColor™ designPro software, the license will automatically renew and your credit card (or other payment method) will be charged for another year. You will automatically receive notification after you are billed.

Select the color swatch that you wish to move to an Active Palette from the Swatch History and click on it. Then choose a destination within your Active Palette and click on it, as well. These two actions can be done in any order. Once you have completed both steps you click on the Add Selected Swatch button, which is located above the Active Palette. The color swatch that you have selected will be moved back to an Active Palette.

As you add or edit color swatches they are automatically saved into the Swatch History panel. This occurs every time you click on a new swatch or palette. Using the Swatch History panel located within the pop-up side menu you can find previously saved swatches by simply scrolling through your saved swatch history.

Click the Select Current Color button to save the modified color swatch or click the Select Original Color button if you wish to save the original color swatch. The swatch you select will be saved to the Active Palette area.

The Edit Color tab allows you preview your edits before you commit to them. By clicking on the Hue, Saturation, and Lightness buttons you can make adjustments in small (+/-1), medium (+/-5), and large (+/-10) increments. The adjustments allow you to preview the new color.

You can edit individual color swatches by using the Edit Color tab. This tab is part of the Select Colors panel that can be found within the pop-up side menu.

Click on the orange button marked “x” that is located to the far right of each palette display. Then click the orange “Remove Palette” button presented above the palette. You may also click the “Cancel” button if decide to keep the palette.

You can’t delete a single color swatch, but you may replace it with another swatch. To replace a swatch, click on the swatch you wish to replace then go to any of the color modifying tabs within zenColor™ designPro to apply the changes.

The answer is yes. You can do this with the same methods you use to share swatches or palettes with your colleagues and other third parties, provided those parties are current licensees of zenColor™ designPro.

Color swatches and palettes can be shared and exchanged with colleagues or other third parties by exporting them as .png, and jpg Graphic files or as .act, and .aso color files. Select the palette you wish to export and it will automatically move to the Active Palette area. Then select the Export Palette panel situated in the pop-up side menu and choose the export format and file you wish to use. All of the Palette Reference information tags and all the Internal Cross Reference information tags for each color swatch will be included within each Exported Palette. In order for colleagues or third parties to receive or use zenColorCode (ZCC) reference numbers or other proprietary zenColor™ intellectual property, however, they must be a current license of zenColor™ designPro.

Helpful Tip: Your Imported and Exported designPro palettes can be found in the folder within- User/ Documents/ zenColor designPro Palettes.

To revise a palette, simply scroll through your saved palettes and select the palette you wish to revise by clicking on any of the color swatches in the palette. This palette will return to the Active Palette area.

You can save one (1) color swatch or up to six (6) color swatches to an Active Palette at a time by clicking on the Add Palette button. The palette is saved in the area located just below the Active Palette tab.

Of course! Within an Active Palette you can assign up to three (3) custom reference fields to help you identify a palette. These fields may contain additional references to the specific color palette that can be easily customized to fit your needs.

Activate the color swatch you wish to tag by clicking on that swatch and then enter or modify any of the five (5) text fields. Click the save button in order to save your information. If you forget to click the save button, your changes are automatically saved as soon as you select another color swatch within the Active Palette.

Using the Review Swatch tab you can customize your color information by adding up to five (5) Internal Color References. These references can be custom color names, internal reference numbers, or any reference tag that you wish to add to the zenColorCode (ZCC) reference swatch.

You may also find and access a zenColorCode (ZCC) reference swatch by entering the four-digit number (ZCC is a preset, so you only need to enter the four-digit number) into the search field within the zenColorCode ZCC universal digital Color Library panel.

You can only select six (6) swatches at a time and add them to an Active Palette by clicking the Add this Palette button.

After you compare swatches or pre-sort a palette you add the swatch to the Active Palette by clicking Add Selected Swatch button.

The sorting panel area allows you to presort or compare color swatches before you place them into a color palette.

You can import swatches and palettes through the Import Palettes panel located in the pop-up side menu. Use this panel to import palettes directly from existing .act and .aso color data files or from .png or .jpg graphic files created by another zenColor™ designPro user.

Helpful Tip: Your Imported and Exported designPro palettes can be found in the folder within User/ Documents/ zenColor™ designPro Palettes.

Go to the Select Color panel within the pop-up side menu and click the Review Swatch tab. From there, you can access all of the color theory pre-sets including complementary, monochromatic, analogous, split complementary, triad, square, and tetrad. Selecting any one of the color theory pre-sets, will give you a set of color swatch solutions based on that color theory. Adding those swatches to you palette will guide you to create your custom palettes.

After a color formula number or sampled color from an image is entered into zenColor™ designPro, it is cross referenced, normalized, and then translated into a zenColorCode (ZCC) reference number. The entire zenColorCode (ZCC) universal digital Color Library is available ONLY in the designPro software.

There are three (3) different methods for creating a color swatch or placing an image into zenColor™ designPro:

1. Go to the Select Color panel within the pop-up side menu and select the Review Swatch tab. From there, you may Enter or Paste color codes or color formulas directly into the Color System Reference fields. The zenColorCode (ZCC) universal digital color number will automatically appear.
2. Open an image from which you wish to sample a color (or multiple colors) and select the Swatch/ Palette from the Image tab. Click and drag any area within the open image to import the swatches or palettes into zenColor™ designPro. The zenColorCode (ZCC) reference number will automatically appear.
3. Select the Import Swatch/Palette panel from the pop-up side menu to import individual color swatches or palettes from compatible color file formats. Once the color swatches and palettes are imported into zenColor™ designPro, they are automatically normalized and converted into a zenColorCode (ZCC) reference number, as well as all standardized color formula equivalents.

zenColor™ designPro includes full access to the entire 4,096+ range of adaptable color swatches contained in the zenColorCode (ZCC) universal digital Color Library. No need to buy expensive paper color specification books. No need to open multiple windows or play hide and seek with your color palettes. In addition, zenColor™ designPro provides professionals with a full function workstation complete with a customizable “color tool box” for translating, editing, labeling, importing, exporting, and saving swatches and palettes for all rendered materials.