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Inspiring
March 29, 2019
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color picker doesn't show the actual colors

  • March 29, 2019
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So I'm a Windows user, working in a CMYK color mode, using ISO coated v2_eci as my ICC profile, since my work is for printing.

My problem is that when I use the color picker on certain colors, the color the picker shows me is not the color that the object I'm working on shows.

Like this:

As you see, the color picker shows a different color, like a greenish orange.

The thing is, that when I pick this color and apply it to other figures, these figures get the color that the original art shows, not the color that the color picker shows.

So even though this doesn't actually affect my workflow, I'm afraid of what will happen when I send my work to print, will the colors be printed as the color picker shows me, or as I see them?

I've been working with this ICC profile and color space for a while, and didn't have this problem until 5 days ago

Help please!!

I'll appreciate anny comments on this,

Thanks!

Correct answer Monika Gause

Don't use the color picker. Use the color panel instead. The color picker is not color managed.

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Monika Gause
Community Expert
Monika GauseCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
April 15, 2019

Don't use the color picker. Use the color panel instead. The color picker is not color managed.

schroef
Inspiring
March 12, 2025

@Monika Gause 

 

I wonder what you mean by that. The color picker shows rounded values in the popup dialog. BUt colors are the same as in the panel

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 13, 2025

The nice bright colors you see in the color picker are just going to be less bright inside a CMYK file.