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June 11, 2018
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Colour trouble

  • June 11, 2018
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hey,

Normally the colour code ff6900 sets my photoshop to the orange I need to use for work.

When I type this code in today the colour is showing as red.

How do I change this back?

thanks

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Correct answer davescm

Hi Jessica

There is no such colour as ff6900. It is just three numbers in Hexadecimal representing a value of Red, Green and Blue. To make it represent an actual colour it needs to reference a colour space such as sRGB, Adobe RGB, Prophoto etc. The same numbers can represent different colours in each colour space - similarly the same colour will be represented by different numbers in different colour spaces.

So the bottom line is - check the colour space of your previous documents and the colour space of your existing document (to do that just open them and set the info at the bottom of the document to show colour profile.

I suspect you will find that your previous current documents are using different profiles.

If they are the same - then you may have a different issue such as monitor profile - but don't change anything yet just check the document profiles

Dave

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melissapiccone
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melissapicconeCommunity Expert
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June 11, 2018

Your color space has changed, or your monitor calibration has changed. Are you viewing the colors on the same monitor?

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davescm
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davescmCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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June 11, 2018

Hi Jessica

There is no such colour as ff6900. It is just three numbers in Hexadecimal representing a value of Red, Green and Blue. To make it represent an actual colour it needs to reference a colour space such as sRGB, Adobe RGB, Prophoto etc. The same numbers can represent different colours in each colour space - similarly the same colour will be represented by different numbers in different colour spaces.

So the bottom line is - check the colour space of your previous documents and the colour space of your existing document (to do that just open them and set the info at the bottom of the document to show colour profile.

I suspect you will find that your previous current documents are using different profiles.

If they are the same - then you may have a different issue such as monitor profile - but don't change anything yet just check the document profiles

Dave

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    Anonymous
    June 11, 2018

    Hi

    Can you post a screenshot of the Color Picker, it's showing the correct color for me and can you also provide more details about what it is your trying to do, Photoshop and OS versions would help too

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