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Melissa Fink
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March 29, 2018
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InDesign Hex colour error

  • March 29, 2018
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I have to create an interactive pdf.

I have been given 18 HEX colours to work with.

8 of these numbers show an error by the colour, and the colour doesn't seem to display properly.

If I click the warning, the colour changes and looks better, but the HEX number changes to a different number to what I typed in, no longer matching my guidelines.

Why is this happening and how do I fix it?

Thanks!

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    rob day
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    rob dayCommunity Expert
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    March 29, 2018

    the colour doesn't seem to display properly. Why is this happening and how do I fix it?

    The appearance of an RGB or hex value depends on the document's RGB profile assignment (Edit>Assign Profiles). Clicking the out-of-gamut triangle won't help because you are selecting a new color—the closest RGB color inside of the document's CMYK space.

    Here you can see the affect of different document RGB profiles on the same RGB hex color:

    sRGB assigned:

    ProPhotoRGB assigned:

    Doug A Roberts
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    Doug A RobertsCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 29, 2018

    that means it is outside of the process colour gamut. if you're making something in RGB, it's not important.

    Doug A Roberts
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    Doug A RobertsCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 29, 2018

    to be more accurate there, if you're making something that won't be printed in process, it's not important.

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    Melissa FinkAuthor
    Participant
    March 29, 2018

    This won't be printed. The part that will be, I have requested cmyk colours.
    Thank you.

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