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Black problem

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
April 1, 2020
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I have had a problem for some times now : when I use black in illustrator, it comes out brownish in any other app... I have to correct every file before exporting, it is quite time consuming. Any idea ?

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Ton Frederiks

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"#000000, the default black in Illustrator, which I try not to use anymore..."

#000000 is an RGB black and gets converted to a mix of CMYK inks.

Always use CMYK sliders when working in a CMYK document.

And can you show your Edit > Color Settings?

Steve Golliot-VillersAuthor

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Ton Frederiks

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That Black looks OK.

Can you show from the Edit menu > Color Settings

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mjbelt

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First, determine the color mode.
File>Document>Color Mode...RGB or CMYK

To get the rich black preview. Change your Preferences>Appearance of Black...Display All Blacks as Rich Black.

Steve Golliot-VillersAuthor

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This is already done.

Thank you for the answer.

Anna Lander

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Generally this means that you have different color settings in your programs. Check it in Edit > Color settings (if you use Windows; not sure whether on Mac this option in Edit menu or in main program menu, but the option name is the same).

Also, check the color mode of your Illustrator doc and in the export settings. When you export RGB doc to CMYK image, you can get some issues if Color settings are not arranged.

Anna Lander

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check pls if your Color Settings in different programs are the same. Brownish appearance of black is normal for rich black, this problem can be solved by synchronizing the color settings of all programs in the workflow.

If you want to print just one ink, make sure that your color in Color panel is 100% black (Color panel in CMYK mode). When you have Document color mode as CMYK and Color panel mode as RGB, you have any color but pure black 🙂

Doug A Roberts

Community Expert

What colour mode are you working in?

What are the colour values of the black?

What are the other apps you are viewing the files in?

Steve Golliot-VillersAuthor

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a/ I work in CMYK (files are meant to end up in chinese factories for production purposes).

b/ #000000, the default black in Illustrator, which I try not to use anymore...

c/ Mainly Photoshop, but Acrobat and Windows viewer get the same brownish aspect on black.

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