The Swatches palette default color names

Hi,
I'm using Illustrator CS3 and I have a problem with the default colors in the Swatches palette.
Basically, every time I brush my cursor over the colors, I get names like C=85 M=10 Y=100 K=10 instead of sunshine, or C=75 M=0 Y=75 K=0 instead of peridot, proper color names that I should see.
Please help me out to display the right name settings since it will be easier for me to do my work. My Illustrator level is basic as I only took an introductory course, but will get better as I intend to put many hours of practice.
Thanks in advance.

PeeWee:
I am using CS3 and I'm pretty sure the colors in the standard palettes have only been called C=stuff M=stuff Y=stuff K=stuff all along. I don't think they have other names. Adobe decided against sunshine... ;). You could start a new document, change the color swatch names and save that altered file as a template, then use that from now on.
If you were an advanced user, you could also locate the cmyk and rgb default files and change those.
To change a swatch name, double click the swatch and change the name in the dialog that comes up, then close the dialog and voila!
HTH
Bert

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