As you can see, when I pick up the color of the first square and assign it to the second square, the eyedropper clearly picks up the wrong color.
Any suggestion?
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@varloodesign: Another user suggested this previously—karlapudis in reply #20—in response to a Flash forum posting that recommended Adobe RGB (1998).
I could imagine how setting your display profile to sRGB IEC61966-2.1 might work to sidestep the color management problem within Fireworks, but doesn't it cause a noticeable shift in your display's color output? (On my computer, it creates a very chilling, ghostly blue color cast.)
You can use Mac's ColorSync utility to compare the color spaces of your monitor profile (e.g. Thunderbolt display) and sRGB IEC61966-2.1. (Within the "Lab plot" graphic, there's an option to "Hold for comparison".) For example, my Color LCD display profile is significantly smaller than sRGB IEC61966-2.1:
To me, this indicates that my LCD monitor is not capabable of rendering all the colors in sRGB IEC61966-2.1 (even though it's a fairly modest color space). Therefore, I wouldn't feel comfortable using that profile to describe my monitor. It would be trading one problem for another.
Hey all,
According to ilmagodiloz86, the eyedropper color sampling bug that afflicts Fireworks CS6 on Mountain Lion can be successfully worked around by first setting the monitor display profile to sRGB IEC61966-2.1 (under System Preferences > Displays > Color), then launching Fireworks, and then resetting the monitor display profile to its original setting (e.g., Color LCD).
Following is "proof of concept" that this workaround could be automated via AppleScript. The idea is to use this script to launch Fireworks instead of launching via the dock, the Applications folder, etc.
To create the script, launch the AppleScript Editor (under Applications/Utilities), copy and paste the code below, and save the file as a Script within your user library Scripts folder. From there, it will be accessible within the AppleScript menu at the top of the Finder. (Or it could be saved as an Application to be opened from your desktop, etc.)
tell application "System Preferences"
activate
set current pane to pane id "com.apple.preference.displays"
reveal (first anchor of current pane whose name is "displaysColorTab")
tell application "System Events"
tell process "System Preferences"
select row 29 of table 1 of scroll area 1 of group 1 of tab group 1 of window "Color LCD"
end tell
end tell
quit
end tell
tell application "Adobe Fireworks CS6" to activate
tell application "System Preferences"
activate
set current pane to pane id "com.apple.preference.displays"
reveal (first anchor of current pane whose name is "displaysColorTab")
tell application "System Events"
tell process "System Preferences"
select row 1 of table 1 of scroll area 1 of group 1 of tab group 1 of window "Color LCD"
end tell
end tell
quit
end tell
The key items you'll definitely need to modify within the script are encircled below. The row numbers represent the positions of "sRGB IEC61966-2.1" and your original profile (e.g. Color LCD), respectively, within your list of display profiles. You can determine these numbers by looking at the Color LCD dialog and counting; however, you may also need to experiment with this a bit*. (The script can be run and edited within the AppleScript Editor.)
*NOTE: On my system, sRGB IEC61966-2.1 appeared to be in the 28th position; however, its actual row value was 29. I suspect that any horizontal dividers in the list may count as row.
A few caveats:
- This script was tested in Snow Leopard (OS 10.6.8). I don't know whether it will work in Mountain Lion or not.
- I know almost nothing about AppleScript. This was cobbled together from script samples found online.
An interesting thing this workaround/script is that it actually creates an eyedropper color sampling bug when applied in Snow Leopard. Here's an example of a color being progressively resampled on the canvas using the eyedropper tool, after having launched Fireworks using the workaround script:
The "induced bug" fixes itself when Fireworks is restarted.
I think it's worth noting that the bug does not seem to affect colors as they're being saved, applied, or sampled from the Swatches palette—only when they're being sampled from the canvas (or perhaps from other areas?). So colors applied directly from the color picker are immune, and colors saved to Swatches are also unaffected. This makes the Swatches panel one conduit for saving and applying colors without the distortion introduced by sampling from the canvas (assuming the bug is in effect).
Hi @groove25,
I just wanted to thank you for so diligently posting your findings. Also I wanted to share a couple of notes:
1) The workaround of changing the display profile to sRGB, and then opening Fireworks, works for me only if I leave the display profile as sRGB. The moment that I change it back to the original profile, the color picker starts messing up again 
(I'm on Mountain Lion 10.8.2)
2) After reading you note about colors being safe when saved as Swatches, I also realized that another way to know an HEX value accurately is by using the info provided by the "Window > Info" panel.
Aside from giving the current coordinates of the cursor within the canvas, it updates the HEX value of the pixel where the cursor is currently in.
It's interesting how one feature in Fireworks CS6 can get the accurate HEX color (the info Panel), yet the most important one, the color picker is not 😕
Fireworks CS6 eyedropper color not matching solved!!! The normal way is to click the swatch and you get the eyedropper... That will give you the wrong color now, this is where the issue is. To solve the issue, "Make sure you select the eyedropper next to the fill bucket," See image below. It will give you the correct color everytime. Seems to be two different eyedroppers. Took me almost two weeks to trouble shoot this!
Hey i have the same problem! Here is the way I've heard from my friend:
First, switch to eyedrop tool (press i - for shortcut).
Then right click to select "point sample" to set the selection exactly on the area you clicked.
It works for me, and I hope it also does for you.
Goodluck!
Hi everyone,
Sooooo this is one year later, but I have found a solution that just worked! If your colour picker is picking the colour too dark, try this:
1. Choose your eye-dropper/colour picker
2. Click on the dropdown next to the tool icon
3. Click RESET TOOL
This just worked for me.
Hope it helps you guys!
Kind regards
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