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Colours displaying wrong on placed image in inDesign

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
April 28, 2021
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Hi, I am having a problem across multiple images and files where when I place certain files into inDesign the colours are way off (they look almost green), and this is visible in the export as well.

It's only certain images and when I place others into the same document they work just fine. Any ideas as to why this could be happening?

Here's an example of how it should look vs how it looks when placed into inDesign.

Thanks,
Hannah

Mike Witherell

Community Expert

Yes, many have adopted an all RGB color workflow, even as Derek suggested. The old accepted truth of CMYK for print has rapidly given way. It might be true, and it might not be a good idea. Your print vendor can help you decide.

Mike Witherell

crj_lll

Participating Frequently

Just so everynoe knows what went on, this is not a print issue. This is an issue with creating a PDF. I moved the whole project to a different software that did not give me this issue.

rob day

Community Expert

I can replicate @HannahSorrell ’s problem by embedding different RGB profiles:

Derek Cross

Community Expert

Nowadays it's not recommended to convert images directly into CMYK for four colour printing but to keep them in RGB color mode, (soft proofing to CMYK in InDesign) and outputting to (usually) PDF/X-4, unless you're given a different spec by your printer.

Jumpenjax

Community Expert

This is interesting because I use three big press printing companies and they all require CMYK.

Lee- Graphic Designer, Print Specialist, Photographer

Jumpenjax

Community Expert

Is this for printing or online purpose? If printing CMYK should be used. If you are creating it for internet based RGB is fine and Mike's reply would be best. The change in color is because CMYK looks duller than RGB.

Lee- Graphic Designer, Print Specialist, Photographer

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HannahSorrellAuthor

Participant

This is all for online and all files are in their correct RGB modes.

crj_lll

Participating Frequently

Did you ever find a solution for this?

I am having the exact same problem as you were.

The thread seemed to go off on a printing tangent that was not related to the original question.

Mike Witherell

Community Expert

Make sure to know what color mode the graphic is. Is it RGB? Then check within InDesign under Edit > Transparency Blend Space... and set it also to RGB.

Mike Witherell

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HannahSorrellAuthor

Participant

It is in RGB and my file is set to RGB, I have the same problem importing it into Premiere Pro.

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