I use them all the time, because it saves me a tremendous amount of time, and it's also an easy way to experiment with color. Another cool thing is that you can also use a percentage of the color. The advantage of using Global Swatches is that when you modify the color value of such swatch, all objects using that swatch are automatically updated.
You can recognize a Global Swatch from a regular one in the Swatches panel by the white triangle in the bottom right corner of the swatch icon. To turn a regular swatch into a Global Swatch you simply check the Global checkbox in the Swatch Options window that appears when you double click a swatch. I've used Global Swatches for all the colors. in the Swatches panel menu and browse to the swatches file. To get started download the Illustrator template file, or if you prefer to start from your own document, you can also just grab the Color Swatches from the ZIP file if you like, and load them into your document by choosing Open Swatch Library > Other Library.
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