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June 6, 2023
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Facebook renders color space differently than LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram?

  • June 6, 2023
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I have created promotional posters in InDesign for our organization to post on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. I used a custom green concocted within InDesign for the border and some of the text on the image, then exported as a jpg to post on social media.

 

The green color looks totally fine on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter, but ends up appearing as a sickly bright green on Facebook. I included screenshots below that show how the green looks on LinkedIn vs. Facebook.

 

LinkedIn:

 

Facebook:

I have been trying to find answers via Google as to why the color space renders so much differently on Facebook than the other three platforms, but I have not found a clear answer.

 

So, question #1, why is Facebook rendering color so dramatically different than the other three social media platforms?

And question #2, any suggestions on how to fix it? Or where the root of the issue lays in InDesign? (Is it in the color I have selected, or is it something that can be changed in my export settings? Or a different issue entirely??).

 

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Also, I am not an InDesign savant, so please water down the technical langauge if possible!

 

Thanks!

 

Jeremy

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Correct answer Jeremy25657274jyjc

I have solved this issue. When I originally created the custom green color swatch, the color mode I was using was CMYK. I changed the color mode to RGB in the swatch options window and voilà, fixed!

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Jeremy25657274jyjcAuthorCorrect answer
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June 8, 2023

I have solved this issue. When I originally created the custom green color swatch, the color mode I was using was CMYK. I changed the color mode to RGB in the swatch options window and voilà, fixed!

Dave Creamer of IDEAS
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Dave Creamer of IDEASCommunity Expert
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June 6, 2023

I'm assuming that Facebook is not recognizing any color profile. 

Just curious, if the file appears correct on 3 out of 4 sites, assuming it is the same file, why would you think it is an InDesign issue?

 

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Jeremy25657274jyjcAuthor
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June 6, 2023

I am not really assuming it is an InDesign issue, per se. I am more wondering if there a tweak that could be made within InDesign that would alleviate the issue on Facebook. I tried exporting the file with a CMYK color profile, for example, and it made no difference when posted on Facebook. 

 

What I find especially odd is that the colors render accurately on Instagram, but not Facebook, even though both platforms are operated by Meta.

Dave Creamer of IDEAS
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Dave Creamer of IDEASCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 6, 2023

Try using the RGB transparency work space and use the sRGB profile. 

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
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