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August 23, 2026
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How to get the colors in the Ipad version of Photoshop to match and process the same way in desktop/mac Photoshop?

  • August 23, 2026
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This seems to be a new recent flaw in the Photoshop desktop application where it doesn’t display or even process colors to match those in the ipad Photoshop. Colors on the desktop Photoshop are duller, darker, and even create a grey fuzzy outline around the blended edge of a layer. This gets even worse when I have the Ipad color profile on RGB, then bring it to the desktop Photoshop also in RGB. It seems less bad when going from HSB sliders on the ipad into RGB desktop photoshop, but still bad enough that I can’t continue like this. Please, please help! 

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    Conrad_C
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 24, 2026

    What version of Photoshop is it? There was a bug where colors looked washed out in the desktop version of Photoshop, but Adobe says it was fixed in Photoshop 27.9.1 which just came out. If you open the Creative Cloud desktop app, in the Manage Updates window is there an update for Photoshop? If you install the update, is the problem still there?

    c.pfaffenbichler
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 24, 2026

    Please set the status bar to "document profile" and post screenshots to illustrate.

    D Fosse
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 24, 2026

    Like this:

     

    Participant
    August 24, 2026

    Thank you! I would do this except that the examples I have are client work that has not published yet. I’ll try to find an example of work that I’m allowed to share photos of…

    But I think the main problem might be that the IPad RGB profile might be different from the desktop RGB profile, (which is sRGBIEC61966-2.1). There’s no specification for the IPad RGB profile, which could be the problem if it’s different. If this is the problem, is there any solution other than turning to Procreate instead of Photoshop? 

    Participant
    August 24, 2026

    Can someone please answer this? Or is there any way to contact someone directly who can help?