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%%  Example 02-01-12 on page 18.
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%%  Copyright (C) 2011 Herbert Voss
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\documentclass[]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{201.70511pt}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\usepackage{xcolor}
\newsavebox{\X}
\sbox{\X}{[black] and \color[cmyk]{0,0.6,0.8,0}[orange]}

\begin{document}
Begin with \usebox{\X} and back to black.\\
\color{green}Begin with green, see \usebox{\X} and green again.
\end{document}