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February 22, 2026
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Color settings in Illustrator: Common settings unavailable to me

  • February 22, 2026
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Colors in Illustrator don’t match colors elsewhere. I go to color settings and this is all I have:

 

I tried to follow the instructions at the top of the dialogue box. Bridge crashes when I try to do this. I’ve already uninstalled/re-installed Bridge; it still crashes when I try to follow these instructions. 

 

Side note: Why can’t I select “North America General Purpose,” as I’ve seen others have selected?

 

From the settings drop down, I go to custom: 

Now, my previous version of Illustrator had an option called US Web Coated (SWOP). As you can see, that is no longer available to me.

 

I have tried to download the ICC Color Profiles from Adobe. 

 

These options do not appear when I try to load them via “Load,” per my  1st screenshot. 

 

What can I do? Thanks.

    1 reply

    Ton Frederiks
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 22, 2026

    Did you try to uninstall and re-install Illustrator?

    The Emulate Illustrator 6 means that Color management is turned off.

    Participant
    February 22, 2026

    Yes. 

     

    Is there a way for me to turn Color management on? 

    Ton Frederiks
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 22, 2026

    I am afraid that you are missing some components and uninstall and re-install Illustrator would possibly help.