Apply transparency to color in "recolor artwork" tool box

Is there any way to apply transparency to a color when using the recolor artwork box?
I am dealing with a lot of puppet warp and gradients so it would be nice if I could use the recolor artwork box,
instead of looking for all the colors manually.
As you can see from the screenshot, there is a lot of colors to go through

No. There's no option to alter transparency in Recolor Artwork.

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