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tdg2007
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October 21, 2022
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CMYK Value in Adobe Color vs CMYK value in InDesign

  • October 21, 2022
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It's driving me CRAZY! I saved a color theme to my CC library. When I saved the theme to my swatches, the CMYK value changed to a completely different number on the InDesign swatch than what Adobe color has listed. When I changed the values to the CMYK value listed in Adobe color, the color became dull. My color settings profile is North American General Purpose 2. 

 

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    Bob_Hallam
    Bob_Hallam
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    October 21, 2022

    CMYK values are very much print process specific.  Adobe color provides worthless CMYK values, but is great to use for Lab values.  

    I recommend using those in Adobe Color then making sure the color settings are correct in InDesign for the print process you are preparing your files for.  

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