Desaturated Colors - PDF & Printing

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December 6, 2024
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Hi everyone!

I'm using the new 2025 Illustrator and have recently noticed that my PDFs are being exported with desaturated color. For reference, I haven't played with any color settings and haven't with past versions either. Unless default settings have changed from 2024 to 2025 then everything should be the same. I'll leave a screenshot below of my settings, as well as an example of the desaturated colors.

This is definitely a section of design/Illustrator that I have neglected over the years, so I'm looking forward to finally learning about it lol.

Thanks!

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Monika Gause

Community Expert

Which color mode is the Illustrator document?

In which app are you viewing the PDF? How is the color management set up in it?

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sincere_strategist5E2BAuthor

Participant

Hi Monika,

The document is in CMYK, and I'm viewing the PDF in Acrobat, and the color settings for Acrobat can be seen below.

Thanks!

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Can you soft proof the document in Illustrator? Does that look the same then?

That orange color - are the color values the same as in Illustrator when you measure them in the Prepress section of Acrobat?

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Anubhav M

Community Manager

Hello @sincere_strategist5E2B,

Thanks for reaching out. From the screenshots shared it seems you are using a Windows computer. If yes, would you mind trying to recalibrate your display for sRGB by following the steps shared here (https://adobe.ly/49u0eYK), rebooting your computer and then relaunching Illustrator to see if it helps?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anubhav

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