I am using some templates made by another designer, to set up some print files. The same CMYK colour on a CD sleeve document, appears very different to on the LP sleeve. I have checked settings and they seem to be the same on both files.
One can see how on the bottom file (CD sleeve) the colour is more washed out and less vibrant.
Any idea what is going on here?
The CMYK values are exactly the same in both, but they look different.
This is very strange!
Naa... that's the big misconception about CMYK values... those are device (and paper) dependent, so every printer/machine/device-paper combination prints the same values differently.
That's what ICC profiles are for. A blank CMYK value without it's intented output profile tells you diddly-squat about how the color should look.
Check if your InDesign documents use the same working profiles, under Edit -> Assign profiles.
See screenshot – same CMYK values, the only difference between the two documents are different profiles, resulting in an different look.
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