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Are you wanting this for text, vector objects, raster objects, or everything?

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@mogsie, that would be a useful addition. I honestly wish the Mac OS finder would allow me to search for things using Not.

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I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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1 hour ago, mogsie said:

For instance, search for what is NOT colour 0 0 0 100 CMYK so that I can make sure there is no lurking rich black

Search for what is, then invert the selection.

 

17 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

I honestly wish the Mac OS finder would allow me to search for things using Not.

It does, but it is a bit more complex than it should be to get there:

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  1. Click the search button in the title bar and search for some random text 
  2. Click the "+" next to the "Save" button
  3. Option+click the "+" on the added iine (it turns into "..." while holding down option)
  4. Change "Any" to "None"
  5. Remove the line originally added in step 2
  6. Set your criteria in the area below "None"
  7. Clear the text of the original search
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