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 "id": "adobe-swatch-exchange",
 "name": "Adobe Swatch Exchange",
 "category": "image",
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   "Q27979314"
  ],
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    "notes": "Adobe Swatch Exchange"
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 "status": "unknown",
 "summary": "Adobe Design software such as Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign use color swatches to assign specific color values to a design. These can be created using many different color spaces and can even use color libraries, such as Pantone. Adobe Swatch Exchange is a format used for storing, importing and exporting color samplers and pickers.",
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   "url": "https://www.keyshot.com/",
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   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Q129793",
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   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "shareware"
  },
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   "name": "UniConvertor",
   "url": "https://sk1project.net/uc2/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true
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  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q27979314",
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   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-24",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}