Colour in app not matching export colour!

Question

My adobe illustrator just got set up, and I have created an illustration with a low saturation. When I export it to PDF, the exported image is much more saturated than what I see in the app. The image is in CMYK, and I've checked all the settings I could find to make sure that everything is correct with those settings.

It's not a screen display problem, because when I look at both side by side on the same monitor the issue is still present.

When the Illustrator file is opened in the Illustrator app from another person's computer, it also is highly saturated, like in the export image. So I think this is a problem with the internal settings of illustrator for me.

Can anyone suggest what might be going on here?

Brad @ Roaring Mouse · Accepted Answer

Are you viewing the file in Illustrator with Proof Colors with the same CMYK profile assigned to the document?

What are your PDF export settings, especially re: Ouput

In Acrobat > Output Preview, are you viewing it a Simulation profile the same as your document?

Ate your Acrobat > Preferences > Color Management settings synced?

Ton Frederiks · Answer

What have you set in your Edit > Colour Settings?What is your Document Color Profile? Is it the same as your working profile from your Color Settings?See: Edit > Assign Profile...

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