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Participant
Jan 31, 2025 7:41 PM UTC
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Color Issue

Hello,

I'm having an issue with my colors. And no, it's not a color management skill issue. My original file displays the colors I used. When I duplicate the same file, my colors suddenly change. They go from vibrant to dull. I made sure my colors were correct. Same RGB/HEX values. Both files are set to RGB. What kind of sorcery is this, Adobe? I haven't tried to export. I'm hoping the colors look the same. Regardless, this issue is annoying. Please see the images below. Same color, same RGB/HEX, set to RGB. All I want is for the colors to match. AGAIN, it's not a color management skill issue. It's an Adobe issue. Let me know what's going on here.

 

Thank you,

Unhappy Adobe Subscriber

 

Ton Frederiks
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Jan 31, 2025 10:14 PM UTC

Do both files have the same Document Color Profile?

You can check that using Edit > Assign Profile... or turning the show profile option on at the bottom of your window.

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Ton Frederiks
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Jan 31, 2025 10:14 PM UTC

Do both files have the same Document Color Profile?

You can check that using Edit > Assign Profile... or turning the show profile option on at the bottom of your window.

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Participant
Jan 31, 2025 10:21 PM UTC

Thank you! That worked. I duplicated the original file, though. Why did it change on its own?

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Ton Frederiks
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Jan 31, 2025 10:31 PM UTC

Unfortunately sometimes the Document Color Profile can change silently when creating a new file by opening an image, or by dragging a screendump or dragging a file from Photoshop to an Illustrator document.

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Monika Gause
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Jan 31, 2025 9:22 PM UTC

What are we looking at?

The objects in Illustrator?

The file placed in a layout?

The file in a content management system?

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Participant
Jan 31, 2025 9:30 PM UTC

You are looking at colors.

This is posted in the Illustrator forum. So yes, vector-colored objects in Illustrator.

The file is a simple vector AI file.

This is Illustrator. So, this is an Illustrator file with vector objects. Nothing is linked or embedded.

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Monika Gause
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Jan 31, 2025 10:55 PM UTC
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This is posted in the Illustrator forum.


By @carefree_forest3687

 

That's why it's so important to show the complete interface in a screenshot.

I know that this is the Illustrator forum, thank you very much.

 

Based on my experience in this forum, screenshots posted in this forum can be anything.

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Jacob Bugge
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Jan 31, 2025 8:25 PM UTC

carefree,

 

At a first glance it looks (a bit) like a an RGB/CMYK Color Mode issue.

 

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Participant
Jan 31, 2025 8:29 PM UTC

It's not, unfortunately. As I said, the file was duplicated. Both files are identical. Both are set to RGB with RGB/HEX values.

 

Thanks!

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Jacob Bugge
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Jan 31, 2025 8:42 PM UTC

Pondering.

 

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