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September 28, 2021
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Adobe Color and Illustrator

  • September 28, 2021
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Hello, this is the first time I'm posting in this community, my name is Manuel and I noticed that when I save a color library in adobe color and use it in photoshop or illustrator the color code changes completely. Who has already noticed

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      rob day
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      rob dayCommunity Expert
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      September 28, 2021

      The AdobeColor web tool is not fully color managed—the listed CMYK values on the site are not correct for most typical press conditions, and the RGB values are sRGB values.

       

      The best way to color manage saved themes is to make sure the Color Space is set to Lab and let the fully color managed Adobe CC apps make the conversions to the desired color space:

       

      Set the Color Mode to Lab before you save your theme:

       

       

      In InDesign I’ve added my Wilderness theme from the CC Libraries panel to my Swatches Panel—the swatch color modes are Lab. If I select the 5 swatches and change the Color Mode to CMYK via Swatch Options, they will be converted into the document’s Assigned CMYK space, Coated GRACoL 2006 in this case. I could also make RGB conversions into any assigned RGB space in the same way:

       

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