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Dirk26622002ehfk
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October 16, 2022
Question

Bright colors disappear in Indesign.

  • October 16, 2022
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Hello,

 

JPEGs imported from Photoshop with bright colors ('fluo' RGB ) become 'flat' in Indesign, no matter how I change my settings. I work with two screens and see what I'm importing in one screen and what Indesign does with it in the other. If I open an already imported 'discolored-indesign-jpeg' in Photoshop, the colors are as they were created in Photoshop. It is only in Indesign that the color degradation occurs and unfortunately also when the document is printed in PDF. Switching the screen, keep RGB and enter RGB numbering (no cmyck), re-enter JPEGs, nothing seems to help. I don't remember seeing this color fade in the past.

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Lukas Engqvist
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Lukas EngqvistCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 17, 2022

If you intend to print you must use spot colours to achieve colours outside CMYK gamut. Spot colours will display as specified and are used for speciallity colours. If you are planning to publish only on screen useing RGB as transparency blend space will work well. Note also that colour management can (and should) modify colours dependenting on how you configure your workflow.

rob day
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rob dayCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 16, 2022

If the document Destination is not print, set your Transparency Blend Space to Document RGB and turn off Overprint Preview

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    Dirk26622002ehfkAuthor
    Participant
    October 16, 2022

    Thanks, Rob and Willi,
    Edit > Transparency. . . > choose RGB and the colors were bright again. Cmyk indeed destroys the depth of colors.
    Thanks again.

    rob day
    Community Expert
    rob dayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 16, 2022

    The blend space only adjusts the preview when there is transparency on the spread, it doesn’t actually convert RGB colors to CMYK. If the document is printed there will be a conversion to CMYK or the print space no matter what blend space you chose.

      Willi Adelberger
      Community Expert
      Willi AdelbergerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 16, 2022

      When you create for print you have the blending space CMYK and the preview.

      The CMYK gamut is smaller than in RGB and many colors cannot be represented in CMYK.

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