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paulc67753012
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June 14, 2018
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colour breakdown changes in pdf from indesign

  • June 14, 2018
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Hi.

So i have a red with the rgb breakdown of 237/38/26 in indesign. When I pdf it as an interactive pdf it changes to 234/33/45.

Can anyone shed some light on why this might be?

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    rob day
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    rob dayCommunity Expert
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    June 14, 2018

    When I pdf it as an interactive pdf it changes to 234/33/45.

    How are you measuring the values in the exported interactive PDF?

    When you export to Interactive PDF all color is converted to profiled sRGB, so for the real color value to export unchanged the source profile would have to also be sRGB (Edit>Assign Profiles...>RGB Profile>Assign Profile)

    Willi Adelberger
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    Willi AdelbergerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 14, 2018

    What RGB profile do you use in the image or document? Use RGB.

    Or is the document CMYK? Or the Colors CMYK? The picker picks always RGB numbers. Make sRGB as your working space in your case.

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