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February 11, 2026
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Get Working RGB/CMYK in Illustrator with ExtendScript without Open Doc

  • February 11, 2026
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Is there a way to get the working CMYK and RGB profile names in Adobe Illustator with ExtendScript without relying on an open docuement so that I don’t have to see the window flashing?

Below is the best I could come up with:
 

function getProfile(targetMode) {

if (targetMode !== "RGB" && targetMode !== "CMYK") {
targetMode = "CMYK";
}

var originalDoc = null;

if (app.documents.length > 0) {
originalDoc = app.activeDocument;
}

if (originalDoc) {

if (
(targetMode === "RGB" && originalDoc.documentColorSpace === DocumentColorSpace.RGB) ||
(targetMode === "CMYK" && originalDoc.documentColorSpace === DocumentColorSpace.CMYK)
) {
return originalDoc.colorProfileName;
}
}

var docColorSpace = (targetMode === "CMYK")
? DocumentColorSpace.CMYK
: DocumentColorSpace.RGB;

var tempDoc = app.documents.add(docColorSpace, 1, 1);

var profile = tempDoc.colorProfileName;

if (originalDoc) {
originalDoc.activate();
}

tempDoc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);

return profile;
}

var profileRGB = getProfile("RGB");
var profileCMYK = getProfile("CMYK");
alert("\nRGB Profile:\n" + profileRGB + "\n\nCMYK Profile:\n" + profileCMYK);