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Liam Wiebe
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May 28, 2018
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Exported Colors don't match Preview Colors - RGB

  • May 28, 2018
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I've been looking for answers for a while now, but nothing seems to work or address my problem specifically.

The exported colors in illustrator DO NOT match the preview, whatever I do.

The image above comes from:

- creating a NEW illustrator project, RBG color.

- My color mode is on sRGB IEC61966-2.1 (if this is a bad choice please let me know)

- all shapes were made inside illustrator

- I captured the illustrator preview using the built-in screenshot feature in windows 10 (PNG)

- the PNG export comes straight from illustrator (file > export > export as... > PNG)

- the comparison image above was assembled in photoshop using the screenshot and export from illustrator

So what is going on?

Document Color Mode: RGB

Color Settings: sRGB IEC61966-2.1

File Type: PNG

Version: Adobe Illustrator CC 2018

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Correct answer Monika Gause

The RGB values are the same for both


You might want to ask in the Photoshop forum as well as in the color management forum:

Color management

Photoshop

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Liam WiebeAuthor
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May 29, 2018

Monika Gause​ Here is a short clip of my problem with illustrator export color. Hopefully this provides all the needed info.

Thanks!

It might take a few minutes for it to be viewed online.

Color_Problems.mp4 - Google Drive

Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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May 29, 2018

Can you please describe your issue. I can't watch that video for some reason.

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Liam WiebeAuthor
Known Participant
May 29, 2018

Strange, that video should be viewable by anyone.

Here is the problem:

When I export anything (even created) from illustrator, the colors change,

they become brighter than the original art inside the program. I am very

confused by this.

My document color is set to RGB, and my color settings inside illustrator

is set to sRGB.

In the video I showed the difference. The original shape inside illustrator

had a hexcode of FEAB52, but when I exported it into a PNG file, it

suddenly had a hexcode of FBB03B.

Possible problems:

1. I noticed my colors are not synchronized across all adobe programs. I

dont know how to do this yet, but I should look into it.

2. Maybe its exporting the right color, but for some reason my monitor

shows a different shade because it's not using the same color space?

Maybe try the video again, that explains my problem a lot better. (Or tell

me what error you get)

Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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May 28, 2018

In which application do you check the PNG?

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    Liam WiebeAuthor
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    May 28, 2018

    Not sure if I understand correctly, but I used "photos" from windows 10 to compare the exported PNG to the preview in illustrator. (On the same monitor)

    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 28, 2018

    Please open it in an image editor and sample the color.

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