Is there a way you can veiw the colors you are working with.  Without looking through all the colors swatches. 

Thank you

Joshua

 You can create a new palette based on the color you have already in the active document.

I'm not sure if this is what you're asking, Josh, but you can make a palette from your file or from a specific part of your your file.

Will that work?

I believe you talk about the Color Styles docker, with the color samples of the document: Tools / Color styles

You can modify the color, replace with another, or create secondary color, and also change from CMYK to spot color...